THE UNBREAKABLE SHIELD: THEMATICS OF SAKOS AND ASPIS.

The article focuses on the study of a long-standing question regarding the difference in the employment of the two most common epic words for "shield" which includes aspis and sakos. It highlights the different meanings of the two given words in the Greek stories. It notes that the examination of th...

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Published in:	Classical Philology Vol. 105; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25
Main Author:	Bershadsky, Natasha
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press Jan2010
Subjects:	Epic literature Shields in literature Question (Logic) Greek fiction Armor
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