Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 420
The young man wears a conical helmet and what appearsto be a leather jerkin (0-71-oAds), taking the place of a metalcuirass, over a short chiton. On his left arm hangs hischlamys. ANTIQUITIES 363 448. Light-armed soldier.From an Attic vase of the fifth century b. … This figure has generally been called a peltast (TreXracrTijs),because of the crescent-shaped shield (7reA.T>/) which hecarries; but in most cases, at least, the peltast is describedas carrying more armour than this soldier. 449. Hoplite. Silver coin (stater) of Tarsus in Cilicia, of the…
Classical antiquities
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