Slight change of topic. My vague poking at all things bronze age continues, which naturally leads to a vague poking at the Iliad.
A frequent activity in Homer is throwing spears at enemies. These are apparently the same spears the heroes use in hand to hand combat, so presumably they're fairly large, fighting spears and not javelins. Is this a likely use for a larger spear, or is some sort of mix-up with smaller throwing spears?
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2013-06-21, 08:55 PM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Re: Got a Real World Weapons or Armour Question? Mk XII
Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,
When they shot him down on the highway,
Down like a dog on the highway,And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.
Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman, 1906.
