Swords and Swordsmen in Greco-Scythian Art
Journal: Peuce.
Year: 2022

In this article, we shall analyse pieces of the late 5th -4 th centuries BC of Greco-Scythian art with depictions of bladed weaponry. “Barbarians” armed with swords and daggers were mostly represented by using Greek art templates. The figures are distinguishable by their Scythian “ethnographic” features (costumes, hair, weapons). Despite the usual detailed manner in which individual attire and sometimes even the human faces or other weapons were rendered, the depictions of swords and daggers rem