Greaves were one of the more fundamental pieces of hoplite armor, protecting the foot and lower leg that weren’t covered by the shield. They were made from a single piece of bronze, going from the…
Ancient Greeks wrote their books on rolls of papyrus, but, as papyrus was expensive, they also wrote less important things on bits of pottery. They called these pieces of pottery ostraka (singular ostrakon, ὄστρακον). These…