Please dont use the term swastika to describe the Meander or Tetraktys . The tern swastika is incredibly offensive to modern & ancient Greeks . Thankou ... ...
There must have been some connection between the Spartans and Athena.In Sparta one of the most importand temples was that of "Athena Chalkioikos".It means...
Why? Hitler? Come on. It existed before hitler.... no offense meant. Best wishes. Glaukos ... amergin20 <amergin20@...> wrote: Please dont use the term...
Hi Anyone here fight, SCA or i33 or anything like that? I'm searching for friends who use doros, xiphos and labrys. There are quite a few moyenage groups that...
Dear Group, I would like to introduce a new and refreshing group which discusses the history of Ancient Rome: from the lives of the Roman Kings, to the...
Hi there, I'm currently making a linothorax, using http://www.larp.com/hoplite/linothor.html as my guide. It's going quite well i think, but I am having one ...
... I stitched the shoulder piece on. Not sure if I used a narrow line of glue to hold them in place for the operation, but that's probably a good idea. (I...
Hi. I used just glue for the shoulder flaps.At first I worried about it as I wasn't sure that the glue could hold the body.Fortunately,it stands perfectly as...
Hey there, I do SCA fighting - sword and shield stuff. My group doesn't really use "ancient" warfare tactics, per se - they don't translate well into SCA ...
There is also a Yahoo Group for this "ASCA" Spartan group. There you will probably find many like-minded fighters... I believe you can contact them at: ...
This is a msg. for Shaun in Perth. I am not sure if the Richard Widmark/Sidney Poitier film about the Vikings and the Moors ("The Long Ships") contains a "long...
I just glued mine and it works really well. The one Xenophon was talking about was a muscled cuirass not a linothorax. ... it as I wasn't sure that the glue...
Hello Everyone! Does anyone know of some good quality magazines on the subject of Ancient Greek or even Roman warfare. I know that one is called MHQ- Military...
The Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion demo was released earlier this week. Just go to www.totalwar.com to download. It includes a tutorial, and the battles...
Fellow ancient greek history enthusiasts, have you tried playing this PC game, Rise of Nations? If you are not into computer games, I would like to suggest...
It was claimed that the Greeks at the battle of Salamis (and other sea battles too) 'knew how to swim'. The 'australian crawl' or freestyle swimming wasn't...
I think it simply means that they knew enough to keep their heads above water, wearas most Persian sailors had only limited exposure to deep bodies of water. ...
There was the Greek (or was he Macedonian?) who swam to Artemision with the news of Xerxes 200 ships. I have read (IIRC) that the distance was about 11 ...
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Hey! Thats a really neat chunk of info. Maybe he went by dolphin! LOL G. ... jamcconney@... wrote: There was the Greek (or was he Macedonian?) who swam to...
His name was Scyllias of Scion. he was a diver by trade and was being employed by Xerxes to claim sunken wares from ships that went down during the campaign ...
By invented you mean documented and claimed as a first use. It is amazing what the ancients knew and did that has been forgotten and 're-discovered' or...
Greetings fellow members~ I've admired this group from afar and finally joined yesterday! I wanted to say that I have enjoyed reading the forum for the ...
Would you like to have friends in military? Pls come here if you are interested in me. I'm waiting for you! http://militarysingles0.tripod.com/index.htm...
mmm...I saw this site today. http://www.fjkluth.com/wedding.html it claims Athenian women getting married wore red, does anybody know if this is true? Might...
heh Its also an indian trad for a bride to be married wearing red so i was told. However, whats more imortant here is that the mad is depicted as having no...
I read in a greek site kalled the daily lfe of the ancient Athenians that the men avoided yellow clothes because they regarded it as a color for women.I...
Greetings I can't answer that one, but sceptically I always need to see it written in a book somewhere (unless it is a widely known fact). So to say "men...
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