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To: Little Ray

Nope. guess not. Anyway, the picture is here:

http://www.beloit.edu/~classics/Trojan%20War%20Site/Archaeology/Dendra_Armor_Large(c.1500-1400BCE).jpg


11 posted on 05/25/2004 7:16:07 AM PDT by Little Ray (John Ffing sKerry: Just a gigolo!)
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To: Little Ray

Nice statue. The only thing it lacks is the typical figure 8 shaped shiled used by Myceanean warriors.

The Illad describes warfare between individual champions - sort of like the kiind of fighting that in the popular mind occurred in Medieval European battles. Classical Greek battles were between close formations of opposing troops in hoplite armour. Apparently the flick depicted individuals fighting each other in classical hoplite armor, not Mycenaean type armor.

The anachronisms present in the Illiad, which was written long after Mycenaean times, argue to the valid basis of the story.


20 posted on 05/25/2004 7:24:11 AM PDT by ZULU
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