03-07-2009, 11:00 PM
Quote:I'm still waiting to see anything to demonstrate that the spolas was intended to be worn as standalone armour.
Pollux's Onomastikon, s.v. Spolas (VII.70, posted earlier by Paul in this very thread):
'Spolas de thorax ek dermatos, kata tous omous ephaptomenos, hos Xenophon ephe "kai spolas anti thorakos"'
'The spolas is a thorax of leather, which hangs from the shoulders, so that Xenophon says "and the spolas
instead of the thorax."'
Why does this description always seem to go ignored in these discussions? Pollux was not a military man but was very aware of his ancient literature, so I think he is to be trusted.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
