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A night in reflection of the past.

Saw them flying this around the airport while visiting the tri-motor. As I was leaving, they landed and I was allowed to get closer photos.


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This red-figure oinochoe depicts a wounded hoplite seeming to run from a volley of arrows, turning backwards and about to raise his spear to defend himself. It doesn't look good! The word ΠΑΠΑΙ can just be seen coming out of his mouth, which is 'papai' or 'papa/daddy'. This is thought to be a verbal exclamation of surprise or pain that is hardly ever employed on vases.

The text in the ground line is ΛΥΣΕΑΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ, or 'Lyseas kalos', meaning 'Lyseas is handsome!'.

Greek, Attic, Late Archaic, ca. 500-490 BCE. Attributed to the Terpaulos Painter. Cerveteri, Banditaccia necropolis, Chamber tomb 343.

Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome. National Catalogue code: 1200951655.

With his apspis shield leaning against a tree stump he kneels down within the field. A few hours ago it was intense, many weeks ago it was again an intense field of battle. The moonlight vaguely lighting the figure of this man. He thinks throughout his years, he has never grown accustomed to the horror and visions that continue to haunt his mind at times. He has been lucky so far, turning to face where many of his companions now lay. He controls his emotions at times but when sometimes he is alone, he screams out the pain of losing so much, so many for so little.
The significance of the Aspis being close by is that the shield symbolizes the protection of not only him and his next warrior brother in phalanx formation but also the protection of his country. He is to return carrying his shield or laying on it although many fallen warrior were buried or cremated on the battlefield. If he returned home without his shield his life would be not worth living for his country people knew the shield is heavy and can be easily discarded then lost if one turns and runs from the battle. An act of cowardice. Returning with it or on it was thought to signify a love of his country and family and respect of all. Maybe the shields were returned to the family if one had fallen and buried or cremated. That I do not know.

FLARF-02655 Mil Mi-2 Hoplite at Moscow-Myachkovo 18/8/03

Damian in his ancient Greek outfit. Coming home after being away for months fighting the enemies of his home country. I have often wondered how the recuperating warriors handled severed tendons and cut muscles in their recovery then be expected to confront another enemy in the near future. All I can say is wow they must have been incredibly brave and adjusted well to a disabling injury such as a cut arm or leg.

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Grave stele. #Pentelicmarble
Found in Velanideza, Attica. It was placed on the grave of a hoplite,
Aristion, whose name is inscribed abeve the relief.
The dead is fully armed, wearing chitoniskos, cuirass, helmet and greaves, and holding in his left hand a spear.
The bottom of the stele preserves the sculptor's signature: work of Aristokles.
One of the most beautiful Attic grave stele.
About 510 B.C.

The body of this Attic red-figure neck-amphora is black except for two figures, a single one on each side. On side A, wearing greaves, cuirass and a pushed-back Corinthian helmet, a hoplite lunges to the right. His hoplite shield has a shield apron, a swath of fabric or leather that defended against stray arrows. On side B - seen here - his opponent flees, wielding a huge sword (machaira). A red band (presumably the strap for his battlement-patterned quiver) encircles his waist, and his soft cap (mitra) has a red stripe. He is characterized as non-Greek by his long bushy beard, patterned costume with sleeves and trousers, the soft cap, and pointed shoes. Together, these details identify him as Persian.

On seeing the juxtaposition of a pursuing hoplite and an archer on the run, ancient Athenians would recall the Greek triumphs over the Persians, such as the famous victory at Marathon in 490 BCE.

There is a graffito under the foot of the jar in Attic script: ON, possibly a price inscription.

This amphora is attributed to the famed Berlin Painter (Attic Greek, active abt. 500-460 BCE).

Greek (Attic), ca. 500-480 BCE. Terracotta

Getty Villa Museum (96.AE.98)

The extensive and colorful elaboration of the flat, trapezoidal frame of this sarcophagus includes a wide assortment of Archaic Greek motifs. The principal frieze at the top consists of a traditional hoplite duel flanked by bigas (two-horse chariots) and drivers. Since this mode of fighting was no longer in fashion at the time, the manner of battle and the presence of chariots suggest a reference to heroes and legends of the past. Below this, panel squares on either side are filled with a pair of mirrored griffins facing inward. These hybrid monsters have open mouths, lifted paws, and curled wings and tails. A long cable and palmette patterns stretch down the length of the side panels, halted by a checkerboard frieze that introduces boxes containing goats with arched horns facing inward, complementary to the griffins above. The scene at the bottom, a large goat flanked by two panthers, their forepaws lifted to strike, is another popular motif.

Clay sarcophagi were a specialty of workshops in the city of Klazomenai in western Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Artists painted warriors, animals, and other figures on a white ground, and then fired the objects in large kilns. With dark figures shown on a lighter background, their design recalls the black-figured pottery produced in Corinth and Athens. However, since figural details were painted rather than incised into the clay, many features of these sarcophagi have been lost. The Getty Museum's example is exceptional because the decorated frame of the sarcophagus is preserved, as well as the plain body.

Attributed to the Albertinum Group (Greek), Clazomenae, Ionia (East Greek), ca. 480-470 BCE.

Getty Villa Museum, Pacific Palisades, California (77.AD.88)

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RA-14260 Mil Mi-2 Hoplite operating pleasure flights at Yekaterinburg-Uktus of which I took full advantage !! 24/8/03

RA-14260 Mil Mi-2 Hoplite operating pleasure flights at Yekaterinburg-Uktus of which I took full advantage !! 24/8/03

RA-20807 Mil Mi-2 Hoplite at Moscow Aviation Repair Plant DOSAAF, Chernoye, Russia 25/8/03

RA-20705 Mil Mi-2 Hoplite at Moscow Aviation Repair Plant DOSAAF, Chernoye, Russia 25/8/03.
Written off 22/7/08 after the tail boom failed.

34-Yellow Mil Mi-2 Hoplite of the Russian Air Force stored at Ivanovo-Yasyunikha, Russia 19/8/03

Damian in his Spartan outfit and new helmet I been working on embossing a distinct simple pattern. In front of the temple that I had up at the gallery. No longer exists unfortunately but may come back one day. who knows....I have some more to do on the helmet but heck....its a development in progress itself...

SP-SAY, Mil2, Hoplite, The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, 3rd Jul 2011 by ©Daren Rose

Local sandstone
Greek Late Archaic period, ca. 490-480 BCE
Found at Poseidonia/Paestum (see on Pleiades), Heraion at Foce del Sele (sanctuary of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele; on Pleiades), some 9 km north of the city center
From an unknown structure in the sanctuary

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Paestum