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Hoplite versus Persian

Detail of an Attic red figure kylix depicting a kopis-wielding hoplite in combat with a Persian warrior. Triptolemos Painter, c. 460 BC. On the depiction of kopides and scabbards on Attic red-figure pots, see

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In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. Snapseed edit.

 

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