Exterminate!
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Tons of information here from the Koryvantes Association of Historical Studies in Athens, who made this replica. Picture caption:
Early Mycaenean Warrior, armed with Naumahon Xisto (?) – boarding pike.
Reconstruction of a Mycaenean armour and weapons. The Mycaenean plate armour is an exact copy of the Dendra armour, presented in Nafplion Archeological Museum. The peculiar bronze double-headed blade is dated around 16th Century BC found at Agios Onoufrios near Phaistos Crete. The helmet is based on depiction from Medinet Habu, Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, Luxor.
Nice find! I didn't know the source.
Then this guy dressed as a trash can ran up to me with a sharp metal stick.
What'd you do?
I cut his totally naked feet off.
Apparently this was worn by people in chariots.
I'd probably copy Bugs Bunny and go in drag as Brunhilde, play a bunch of tricks on him and ride a fat horse around
I can understand now why the Myceneans died out so mysteriously
He reminds me of Tunn-La from The Tick lol
Like something out of Dr Who
It's the thick tube neck that really makes it
So you can be stabbed in the toes, knees, fingers, or nose.... how 'bout no!?!
Modern armour has similar drawbacks.
It's suggested that the term "Achilles' heel", meaning a seemingly insignificant point of fatal weakness, comes from exactly your observation of the Dendra Panoply, an armour of exactly the same period as Achilles and the Trojan War.
U will never stand a chance against my Minions