Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. If anyone might be able to shed some light on the following topic I'd be very interested to hear. In the...
... I'd ... as ... what ... each ... Olympics ... of ... Hello. In fact,there are many other much more complicated dances in Greece than Kalamatiano,were many...
This is a very interesting question and one I have not been able to find a suitable answer for. I think there are at least 3 distinct types of martial dances ...
I am starting into making SHields and I had a question for the group. Firstly these things are a honkin huge pain in the ass no matter what you do. Secondly...
I wouldn't buy one but if I was going to, I'd want to say this was made authenticly. The cheap version could have been made in asia in some sweat shop, I...
Hello, Very Interesting ideas and Best wishes with the project. First your desired feedback. I have actually made them and sold them. I have always employed...
Michael Broyles
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Jan 5, 2006 12:36 am
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I think somone on this list was/is selling aluminum shield blanks made in their machine shop. Scroll down the messages page by page, or list all and then...
Do you think that shield construction was the same throughout the hoplte period? I have seen the vatican shield that is obviously of whole pieces of wood, but...
I have just uploaded an illustration into the phjoto section of the Museo Gregoriano shield . Thick blank boards and turned as in your first option. In the...
Hi In at least one occasion Spartans were dancing in age classes.During the gymnopaidiae.But it's most probable that they had many different dances,for...
Hi Sean, Do you out in the armbands and handle etc.? Thank you. - Jack "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie." -...
Sean, Jack, One thing that you will notice on some shields is a rope that goes around the perimeter of the inner face of the shield through a series of metal...
Hello, we are a Hoplite living history group from Germany. You'll find us under: http://hetairoi.de/ An English version of our page will be there soon. We are...
Welcome! It's great to see another Hoplite group getting started. I will add you to my own links when I get a chance. (I'm not in a group, just a guy with a ...
Hmmmm I am confused as of late. See I have all these great little ideas or a way of doing some nice decorative plaques and fittings for my armors. The trouble...
Yes well Bronzework got a bit better by then I would hope. Its not that the Greeks weren't exceptionally good at sculpting and casting Bronze as we all know...
I'd like to see someone today hammer out a 3-4 foot diameter sheet of bronze to sub-mm thicknesses so that there are no cracks or distortions and then emboss...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jan 12, 2006 9:10 pm
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I do have a reporduction of an Etruscan horse I picked up in Rome. Simple design but very pleasing to the eye. Is it the design you're talking about or the...
I am more referring to the overall design and execution. The workmanship is standard casting or repousse work. Nothing to critize bad or good there. But the...
Greetings all... Really enjoying reading all the input into the group. I was wanting to create a crest for one of my helmets and would appreciate any input on...
... I know the difference between Aegean and Etruscan. The shield I am referring to was found on Crete. http://home.att.net/~a.a.major/shldcretepic.jpg...
Dan Howard
dan@...
Jan 12, 2006 10:11 pm
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Well we weren't referring to the same shield then....
You see,the Greeks were some of the most practical cultures(even if they developed philosophy,etc).So they made things that first of all did their job.After...
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