01-10-2011, 11:23 PM
Quote:Though no complete "beotian shield" has survived, reconstructions range between plausibility and possibility.
There are 5th cent B.C. pottery items showing 2 in London 2 in Paris and one in St Petersburg showing "beotian" and "argolic" shields side by side
Now that the particular book has been translated the artistic pre-conseptions are going to influence (wrongly in my opinion) a lot of people.
The photo posted shows a dark red in my opinion and it is from a film about the Argonauts.
The only black clad were king and the evil priest -to emphasize they were the bad guys.
Kind regards
Stefanos, are you familiar with the image that I posted from the Chase book?
Though it is not a photo, it appears to be drawn from the original pottery. All of the (few) images in my copy of the book are such and appear to be taken from originals, including missing fragments etc. The book originally (1902) did not contain images. The images in the modern edition were added to provide examples of shield devices mentioned in the book (I wish they had used color photos w/ museum references and for what it cost they should have).
What do you make of the odd round shield with the Boeotian style 'cut-outs' on the sides?
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
