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[–] newacctidk@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean at least have boar helmets which are attested to in the Epic and we have uncovered. Plus these are the most boring classical era armor as is. The people the epic is talking about would be closer to the Mycenaean if the war had happened. It is totally fair to expect that you use the armor that was found with the same helmet the epic mentions.

[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but my point is that the Greeks themselves, who venerated this story, didn't do that. Not bland though, unlike this snoozefest.

[–] newacctidk@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

But the Greeks did mention the boar tusk helmet. It is in the version they venerated. Even in their retellings with the trappings of their day, elements were retained. We have the artifacts, we have the text.

The outside was cleverly adorned all around with rows of white tusks from a shiny-toothed boar, the tusks running in alternate directions in each row.

So in this case they did do that. Which makes the blandness even more inexcusable.