08-25-2007, 10:06 PM
Marvellous. The only pictures I like more momentarily are your illustrations of Greek camp life in AW 2,1. :wink:
I cannot say something about the helmet, but is the reconstruction of the leg armour not a possibility? Can we be so sure about what Xenophon meant? He used the word "parameridiois" for the leg protection in Anab. 1.8.6, but must that mean the same as in the Kyroupedia? In Anab. 1.8.7 he mentioned armour of the horses for the head and the breast, so it is possible that in Anab. 1.8.6 he described really the armour of the riders themselves.
I cannot say something about the helmet, but is the reconstruction of the leg armour not a possibility? Can we be so sure about what Xenophon meant? He used the word "parameridiois" for the leg protection in Anab. 1.8.6, but must that mean the same as in the Kyroupedia? In Anab. 1.8.7 he mentioned armour of the horses for the head and the breast, so it is possible that in Anab. 1.8.6 he described really the armour of the riders themselves.
Wolfgang Zeiler
