Defense
For every strike the opponent inflicts, you must have something to defend it. During the time of the Trojan War, there were three main types of defense technology... helmets, shields and armor.
Helmet
The helmet evolved a lot during ancient greek. Everything aspect was changed such as design and material. First of lets start of with structure. The structure started of as dome, just a elongated dome which was made of leather. Later on the the helmet was made wider to fit the head. Along with that, animal hair and horns were added for decoration. Afterwards a neck strap came in to protect the neck and keep the helmet in place.
Shield
There is one primary type of shield which is the round shield. The round shield like any other piece of war equipment evolved. The shield was always made in bronze and always was in a round, circular shape. The first model though was actually a semi circle made of clay. Then later on the bronze circular shield came and was around 50cm in diameter. The front would have a design or be poped-out so that it was three dimensional this was either a symbol linking to god or just made the shield more efficient.
Armor
Armor was put on everywhere on the body. The Main Parts were the Corselet, which was a big plate the spans across the shoulder to the waist, covering the ribcage and vital organs. Then there is the greave and the arm which are just peices of gold, bronze, copper or leather that cover the shin and forearm.
Quoted from the book
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"Telemachus moved to his father's orders smartly. Off he ran to the room where the fampus arms lay stored,took up four shields, four bronze helmets ridged with horsehair crests..."
"Telemachus moved to his father's orders smartly. Off he ran to the room where the fampus arms lay stored,took up four shields, four bronze helmets ridged with horsehair crests..."