09-02-2009, 07:36 PM
Quote:Personally, as I have indicated on another thread, I think Connolly ( and others) have it right......
Which image? He shows at least three different poses: side-on with the shield facing laterally as his son is in the Pydna paper, 3/4 as he is in the sarissa paper and simply standing up relatively squared to the fore in the group images of the same paper with the shield facing forward. It may be relevant that pole vaulters can run quite fast with an awkward, though lighter, pole held facing forward with the left arm across the chest.
My inclination is to believe the standard pose was someplace between the last two, with the side-on stance reserved for a static close order formation.
:wink: PADDLE...PADDLE....
Paul M. Bardunias
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