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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
rosscowan.substack.com/p/but-two-swords-never
In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. Snapseed edit.
www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-r...
www.carc.ox.ac.uk/record/18E90B71-0CF0-4381-9658-78833F2E...
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
rosscowan.substack.com/p/but-two-swords-never
In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. Snapseed edit.
www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-r...
www.carc.ox.ac.uk/record/18E90B71-0CF0-4381-9658-78833F2E...