weaponary/armour

• why is the exact nature of warfare unknown?

  there are a range of different styles of armour and weapons
• what were the huge figure 8 shields replace by?

  smaller ones
• how do the depictions of shields differ in the frescoes of Akrotiri from the lion dagger?

  frescoes:

  • cover neck to knee

  dagger:

  • covered down to ankles
• what was Odysseus' helmet made out of? where were examples of thes found?

  boars' tusks

  dendra
• how common were these types of helmets, in what times?

  very, mycenaean
• how were helmets in the illiad depicted?

  • gleaming
  • animal skin liners for extra comfort
  • throat strap
  • animal plumes
• what did mycenaeans fight with?

  • swords
  • spears
  • became shorter so they could be thrown
• what weaponry was shown on the warrior vase?

  • round shields
  • spears
  • helmets
  • breast plates
• how does the warrior vase depict soldiers?

  • prepared
  • equipped
• why were warriors depicted on the warrior vase?


  to show their strength, talent, power
• who might have owned the warrior vase?

  superior soldier