03-04-2009, 09:53 PM
Quote:It is a fascinating piece of art and highly unfortunate that so much of the detail is eroded.
Whilst it is not “impossible” that this is a hoplite holding a dory underarm, it is difficult to conceive why he would do so – particularly with that grip. I agree with Ruben that the grip – especially the rearward aspect of the right hand and the extrapolated placement of the left hand being near to a yard ahead of the right – clearly indicates something longer and heavier than a dory.
I am not so certain anymore, unfortunately... see this relief from a 3rd c. BC Macedonian bowl illustrating a Homeric duel:
http://antiquemilitaryhistory.com/images/grip.JPG
This clearly shows a one-handed grip of a doru that passes the shield at the exact same height as the Glasgow relief and yet is held even farther back.
Quote:The fellow’s legs have suffered some deterioration but there seems an indication of greaves – unlike the bloke to the rear who strikes me as “attendant” light infantry.
I might could be ‘seeing things’ though….
The other picture I have with different lighting does not show any traces of greaves.
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
