druzhina
01-24-2014, 08:17
Depictions of the Byzantine folk hero Digenis Akritas, 12th century
You may have seen a drawing of Diogenes Akritas on a Byzantine plate, supposedly the only illustration of shoulder tufts mentioned in Leo VI's Tactica. Here is a colour photo of the actual plate:
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_the_dragon.htm)
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=11978&d=1390547738
And other depictions of Diogenes Akritas:
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_slays_the_dragon.htm)
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_saves_a_princess.htm)
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_a_beast.htm)
MIRROR SITE
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_the_dragon.htm)
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_slays_the_dragon.htm)
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_saves_a_princess.htm)
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_a_beast.htm)
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Byzantine.htm)
You may have seen a drawing of Diogenes Akritas on a Byzantine plate, supposedly the only illustration of shoulder tufts mentioned in Leo VI's Tactica. Here is a colour photo of the actual plate:
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_the_dragon.htm)
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=11978&d=1390547738
And other depictions of Diogenes Akritas:
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_slays_the_dragon.htm)
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_saves_a_princess.htm)
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast (http://warfare.tk/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_a_beast.htm)
MIRROR SITE
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_the_dragon.htm)
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_slays_the_dragon.htm)
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_saves_a_princess.htm)
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast (http://warfare.ga/12/Digenis_Akritas_fights_a_beast.htm)
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Byzantine.htm)