Hoplite Shield Designs

[hoplite14gr]

Changing course here...

What kind of design would Xenophon and the men of the 10,000 have emblazoned on their shields?

The Osprey books interpetation of using the initial letter "K" of their employer Cyrus (KYPOS in Greek) is very simplistic. Most likely since they were localy recruited in various Greek places, as we are informed in the Anabasis they probably carried their states' shield device. Xenophons lets us to belive that each locality troops were sticking together in companies which is prudent.
You trust more the poeple you know and have fought with rather than an unknown group yuo meet fot the first time.

Peter, intersting book is seems but too much occult. Even from the Bronze age ther was more to the Greek heraldry than the star signs.

Kind regards