Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 472
1580 i;8i GREAVES The earliest metal greaves (wtj/us, ocrea) as yet discovered are a pair Greavesfrom Enkomi, Cyprus, which belong to the late Mycenaean period (cf.British Museum Excavations in Cyprus, p. 16, fig. 26). In Homer metalgreaves are repeatedly mentioned and the Achaeans are called…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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