During the Trojan War, the ‘figure-of-eight' and ‘tower' shield may still be worn, as they are vaguely described, but it had to be rare, ditto for the Dendra bronze corselet, but again, there seems that only Telamonian Aias wears this type of armor completely obsolete.
according to the post-Homeric tradition, he is invulnerable. Quintus of Smyrna notes in Homer's Suite: "The spear (…) does not start the delicate skin, although it strikes it in full swing.
Fate does not want an enemy trait, heavy with sobbing, to be drenched with blood on the battlefield. "
That's why Telamonian Aias wore maybe the Dendra bronze corselet, (according to Peter Connoly who also peeled the iliad …) …
When Akhilleús put it on his sacred armor he tested it :'to see if it allowed his limbs free movement.'
This would be essential for anyone wearing the Dendra bronze corselet, with its cumbersome shoulder guards and girdle plates.
But it would not be necessary if he was wearing the simple corselet of the last Mycenaeans days.
According to the legend Akhilleús could only be wounded in the heel.
The only part of the body left unprotected by the Dendra armor as the back of the lower leg.
The Telamonian Aias was also considered as invulnerable, that's why he wore maybe a Dendra bronze corselet, (Always after Peter Connoly …) …
Are these things sheer coincidence or do they betray traces of a legend far older than the Trojan war ?
