Hoplite Shield Designs

[Zenodoros]

Each mora had each own shield device but the commander was distinguished by the traverse or high crest and not from his shield device that was identical to the rest of his command.
The Messenians did not have the leopard as emblem or else the Spartans would not have accepted it.
The Skiritan hawk in most pottery appears white with red outline or dark gray on white background.
The king was curring the solar symbol not the dokana.
I just managed to pin point the skorpion and the goose emblems yesterday after a night of hard academic work. More when the book comes out.
The artwork appearing with the link that I gave has been carefully researched and it is not a simple artist´s impresion.
Kind regards

Stefanos,
Did you write the article here? This was where most of my information came from. Interesting that the king wore the solar emblem.

Thanks.