Sunday 22 April 2018

Sarissas / Shields

Part of the Alexander the Great monument, 1974, by V Moustakas. Sarissas were long spears used by Macedon phalanxes. According to the sculptor, symbols of Medusa — a snake, an eagle, a hawk, a bull — were emblems of Alexander's military forces. In background, the Thermaic Gulf. Thessaloniki, Greece.