06-11-2009, 07:35 PM
Wow,they look alike indeed! At first i thought that the artist had done a small mistake un drawing them,but hen i read that it was incribed in only three sides of the blade,so i suspected they were a different piece. In fact the last one is the one i mentioned above, with the inscription "Messenians from a Lacedaemonian", which is significant if you think about it...Many Messenians from One Lacedaemonian. Do you think it could be as late as the siege of Sphacteria? or earlier in the Siege of Messene from the Spartans? But if they dedicated it,they must have been victorious. My mind is stuck,when did the Messenians beat Lacedaemonians?
Khairete
Giannis
Khairete
Giannis
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax