Ancient Greece thread

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>>2543928
I have a question. Many depictions of Hoplites, specifically more classical artistic pieces depict them as wearing full suits of bronze. However, there are also many depictions of them wearing linen vests.

Was the equipment for a hoplite self-bought? I'd imagine more wealthy citizens could afford suits of bronze, while less well-off citizens would buy the linen suits. Was there a restriction placed by the city on who wore what?

>>2544327
In ancient Greece you fought with what you could afford. The state places no restrictions on what you could or couldn't wear, but were expected to get the best gear they could afford.

>>2544327
>Was the equipment for a hoplite self-bought?
Yes, that's why a citizens' phalanx would look like a colourful mess of custom equipment. You'd have a linen thorax with a circle on your shield and the rich fucker next to you would don a bronze cuirass and a gorgon on his shield.

Greek armor is best armor

Wasn't the a source discribing how the hoplites were shitting themselves whilst marching towards an enemy?

Will Linear A be deciphered in our lifetime?

Is western philosophy just an extension of western mythology? Sort of like how science is just an extension of philosophy.

>>2543932
pleb detected

>>2544327
>>2544342
>>2544369

There's also the fact that equipment change with the times, like when Sparta droped the cuirass.

>At some point in the 5th century, [...] the Lakedaimon army decided to discard they cuirasses. Behind this move seems to have been a search for battlefield mobility as well as need for rapid marching on capaign. [...] This situation continued into 360s, when representational evidence indicates that the cuirass was adopted again.

SEKUNDA, Nick. HOOK, Richard. The Spartan Army. Osprey Publishing. 1999