Late Hoplites appearence

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

The art is perfect. Not many painters have dared depict a hoplite battle showing the pushing and the mess. Since there is no appropriate thread I'll comment it here. Again the details are significant,the broken ground from their pushing feet,the use of the laconian sword,the fact that the spartan line in places is only 1one-3 ranks etc. I'd like some of them wearing armour and some different type helmets,chalcidian or even corinthian...and Kleombrotus aught wear a cuirass. It'd be more accurate to guess what that would have looked like,than don't show it at all,since it is mentioned by Xenophon.
And Paul B I see your influence was not only in the matter of the overlapping (good to see a representation of it by the way) but also in the use of the ropes! Needless to say I disagree with this theory and that I'd prefer them loose.
All in all,it is one of my favorite paintings because it shows the phalanxes in action. Johny,I'd love to see from your hand similar situations of the battle of Plataia and a typical hoplite battle in the late 6th century.
Khairete
Giannis