01-22-2010, 04:30 AM
Mastic is a white gum and very well known to the greeks. It was a major product of some of the Islands (Chios maybe). I brought this up a long time ago as a possible linothorax adhesive, back when I believed there was evidence for such, because it is white and water resistant. You can chew it like chewing gum. Herodotus would seem evidence against its use for lamination by Greeks in any case. Another source for resin is that most useful of plants, Silphium. Its been a while since I read this, but there is a secondary product, a water proof varnish that can be derived from the resin as well. And of course none of your hoplites will get pregnant.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
