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Celtic foot(less) soldiers? An iconographic note
Author(s) -
John Vincent Stanley Megaw
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
gladius
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-4168
pISSN - 0436-029X
DOI - 10.3989/gladius.2003.45
Subject(s) - foot (prosody) , celtic languages , ancient history , history , classics , art , literature
A short survey of a number of incomplete stone statues, several with warlike attributes and dating between the sixth and second centuries BC, forms the basis of a speculative identification of their representing local heroes. The intentional destruction of the statues, in part or whole, is related to the well-known Iron Age custom of ‘killing’ of swords and other weapons.

Un breve repaso de una serie de estatuas incompletas de piedra, varias de ellas con atributos guerreros, y datadas entre los siglos VI y II a. C. forma la base de una identificación especulativa de las mismas como representaciones de héroes locales. La destrucción intencional de las estatuas, en parte o por completo, se pone en relación con la costumbre bien conocida en la Edad de Hierro de ‘matar’ las espadas y otras armas

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