06-17-2006, 07:11 PM
Quote:My first thought on looking at that was the snakes are symbolic of Athens.....???
The eages of Zeus are flying with the Spartan....for victory...
regards
Arthes
No Cristina.
Snakes were symbolic of of Gaea (Earth) later Hera.
The also denoted the indigenous populations groups.
The Gorgonion on his shield marks this guy as a protege of Athena.
Possibly it comemorates the establishment of the Doreans (Herakledes folowers of Athena) of central Greece on the inhabitants od Southern Greece
(Aeoleans folowers of Hera) in the Geometric period. Spartans at the time have the militaty stracture of the Ovae not Morae so the shiled emblem possibly is not mora of Chakeoikos Athena.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
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