Hoplite Shield Designs

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In P.M. I gave hint about other Mythical creatures.
Arround 600 the warrior fraternities and the military clans started declining.
Pottery of the time shows combination of the city/clan emblem with a personal emblem.
The Doric tribe held Crete firmly at that time.
The Doreans had three sub-tribes each with its own type of "menander decoration" on chiton and shield edge.
The main Cretan cities were Knossos and Lyttos (Lyktos).
The labors Herakles the main Doric hero appear on shield bosses survivng in the Olympia Meuseum.
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