Greek footwear

[hoplite14gr]

Giannis you see, I used the term in quotes. The Beotian grave stele in the Lebadeia meuseum depict this sandal.

Many "anaglypha"(carvings) show not only sandals but military boots too.

I can accept barefoot epivate-marines walking on a trirem's planks or perhaps on city walls but there are some razor sharp stones even in the flatest of terrains and I saw quite a few on Platea last September.
You can a upset a tight formation if you accidentaly star hobbing about in unbearable pain!

Second some of the vases have been not properly preserved or pieced together arround 1890s that most were found
Most vase painters could be captives in slavery who did not went in battle.
And Greeks considered asiatic attire as "effeminate" and art tries to show the differeance. Also even today there is a difference in war in reality and war depicted in art.
We conviniently tent to forget that.
Kind regards