Hey everyone, I just saw something on TV about the new movie ,Troy, that is comming out. They were pictures of a long haired Brad Pitt on the set. I read in...
... In the Iliad, Homer often describes his heroes as wearing a shining corselet [4.489, 16.173-4], and being bronze-armoured, [4.285, 4.420, 13.272,...
Dan Howard
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Jun 4, 2003 11:33 pm
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Hi Friends, My name is Joy and I’m the moderator of the egroup Antiquestnetbooks. I’d like to invite you to check out my newest list of new and used books...
Well, I've managed to find some pics on the net of early shots of the pitt movie TROY and already it looks pretty bloody disappointing. The armour pitt is...
No, Brad Pitt's armor looked nothing like that. The breast plate, back, and shoulder pads were all one piece. I think it had some kind of design on it or...
Yes, those was my thoughts when I saw Brad Pitt wearing that get- up. Not only is it historicaly innacurate, but who would make the breast and back plate and...
Staying on this discussion of the upcoming TROY movie, even if they decided to put the actors in 5th century hoplite armour I wouldn't mind ( as they won't be...
I am still holding out hope for a good flick. With the standards set in hollywood for big epic mivies like Braveheart and Gladiator, I am sure it will have...
In 'on Horsemanship' Xenophon wrote that it was difficult to throw a javelin whilst wearing a cuirass. The only way this could be done was to remove a portion...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jun 11, 2003 12:31 am
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In a message dated 6/10/03 5:34:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I've thrown Javelins wearing a Linenthroax, so he must be talking about the metal clamshell...
... Wasn't another type of cuirass also available? One similar in pattern to the linothorax - shoulder segments that were attached to the back and were pulled...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jun 11, 2003 1:43 am
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In a message dated 6/10/03 6:45:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... That was a scale curiass. Except instead of many plates it has only four. Steve...
on 6/10/03 10:16 PM, sfp55@... at sfp55@... wrote: In a message dated 6/10/03 6:45:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dan@... writes: Wasn't...
Matthew Amt
mamt@...
Jun 11, 2003 2:38 am
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... Asuming that Xenophon was talking about the muscled cuirass, are there any guesses as to what he was talking about regarding removing a portion of the...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jun 11, 2003 2:51 am
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In a message dated 6/10/03 7:44:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Well Matt should I call it a Segmentata? BTW thanks so much for having me as your guest last...
... Where is the segmentation? From the photos it looks like a solid cuirass to me. Connolly reckons it was likely worn over a leather chiton with pteryges at...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jun 11, 2003 3:44 am
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In a message dated 6/10/03 8:46:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I've seen the curiass. It's not solid. You have four plates with gaps almost bands. This is...
... Eh, why not just call it the Vergina cuirass? Doesn't give anyone the wrong impression, or even imply that it may have belonged to Philip II. ... Very...
Matthew Amt
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Jun 11, 2003 11:24 am
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... Since you are asking for guesses. Everything I have ever heard, read, or been taught says that the muscled cuirass was made of two solid pieces. If that...
Michael Broyles
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Jun 11, 2003 4:03 pm
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If I recall Dan's original message correctly, Xenophon says that part of the cuirass was cut away, so I'd say that's really what they were doing, not just...
Matthew Amt
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Jun 11, 2003 4:31 pm
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Try as I might, I am unable to find the source for my statement, so I am afraid that I must retreat and leave you holding the field.I know I have read that...
... For those interested. Here is the passage. Xenophon, "On Horsemanship" [12.3-7] http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Xen.+Horse.+12.1 "[3]As...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jun 12, 2003 1:39 am
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... Is it possible that the linothorax with scale reinforcing was actually flexible in this area rather than semi-rigid like the chest area? Are there any vase...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jun 12, 2003 2:22 am
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... As another option, Paolo Moreno, in a recent book about the mosaic, reckons it depicts Gaugamela, and therefore the cuirass Alex is wearing should be a...
I'm afraid I' ve found little in the way of reenactment in Australia, Lachlan. Matt's site has a link to a group in Sydney who I must catch up with next time...
Robert Weymouth
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Jun 16, 2003 9:15 am
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I was thinking the other day....... This might have come up in the recent discussion on the role of butt spikes but could the butt spike be useful for changing...
Robert Weymouth
rob.w@...
Jun 16, 2003 9:21 am
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Hello Everyone, Wanted to share my recent experience with Albion Armorers. I purchased one of their custom horse-hair crests and a bronze early Corinthian...
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