#I read somewhere that ancient soldiers that couldn’t afford swords used their farming tools
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It’s interesting how ancient writers and artists didn’t agree over what Perseus’s weapon even looked like, was it a straight sword? A curved sword? A sword with a weird second curved blade? Or was it a sword at all? Was it a sickle? If so what kind of sickle?
#I read somewhere that ancient soldiers that couldn’t afford swords used their farming tools#one of those farming tools being a sickle#greek mythology#ancient greek mythology#perseus#Medusa#Perseus and Medusa#Harpe#Greek heroes#Greek weapons#sickle#sword
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