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The rest of three keywords (Homer, Iliad, Mycenaeans), sorted:


1 posted on 05/28/2024 4:13:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Of course it worked - that’s why they wore it!


3 posted on 05/28/2024 4:21:26 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: SunkenCiv

You probably could have culled out the Simpsons-related ones from your list.


7 posted on 05/28/2024 4:49:08 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: SunkenCiv

If it didn’t work we wouldn’t have Gerard Butler.


8 posted on 05/28/2024 4:50:48 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: SunkenCiv

23 kilos sounds heavy until you reflect that modern soldiers carry a similar weight of gear in their backpacks


9 posted on 05/28/2024 5:18:09 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I have often wondered if archeologists have excavated
the ancient river beds that Homer so often described
as being choked with the bodies of the fallen.

Certainly their armor would not all have been recovered so perhaps the ancient stream beds would prove
a fruitful source of artifacts.


10 posted on 05/28/2024 5:31:50 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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