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>>490BC Class.Greek hoplites
>>>greaves
Subject: ὁπλίτης heavy infantry hoplite
Culture: Classical Greek
Setting: late Archaic, Persian wars, Aegean 7th-5thc BC
Object: κνημίδες greaves





​Royal Ontario Museum > Bronze Age Aegean *
"GREEK-STYLE LEG ARMOUR  A pair of bronze greaves, hammered to fit the shape of the leg. A standard piece of armour worn by the Greek foot-soldier (hoplite)  Bronze, Italian-Greek colonial, or native Italic  5th-4th century BC." ...

* Museum of Fine Arts > Art of the Ancient World
"Greave (shin guard) for the right leg  Italy.  Said to have been found near Bologna, Italy  Late Archaic period, about 510-480 B.C.  Bronze" ...

* Museum of Fine Arts > Art of the Ancient World
"Greave (shin guard)  Greece. Said to have been found in Elis, Greece  Archaic period, about 650-625 B.C.  Bronze" ...






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