Speed draw of a Qin-era imperial guardsman.
speed draw – Roman standard bearers
Speed draw of the military standard bearers of Rome.
speed draw – ancient Egyptian
Speed draw of an ancient Egyptian soldier.
speed draw – Spartans
Speed draw of ancient Spartan warriors.
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Speed draw of a very unlikely enlistment poster…
speed draw – legionary double feature
Speed draw of a Roman legionary from the eastern provinces…
…and speed draw of a scifi Roman legionary.
speed draw – Seleucid Infantry
Speed draw showing infantry of the Seleucid Empire during the 166 BC Daphne Parade.
speed draw – Eagle and Dragon
Speed draw showing the evolution of ancient Roman and Chinese military gear.
on give and take
Achilles is the best of the Greeks in the Iliad: the fastest, the strongest, the most warlike. He fights like a god (Zeus is his great-grandfather, after all), he excels at winning, he excels at taking – men’s lives and their booty. He is the best his world has to offer.
But he cannot handle loss. When robbed of his spear-won prize Briseis, the best he can do is cry out to his goddess mother, and sulk, hopefully robbing Agamemnon of his victory. And when he loses the great love of his life Patroclus, he flies into murderous rage: he slays horse-breaker Hector in revenge (fair enough), but also horribly abuses the corpse, and even burns alive 12 Trojan boys in his bereavement. When he loses, when things are taken from him, he responds the only way he knows how: double down and take right back. Continue reading “on give and take”
