Primary Link

www.4hoplites.com (Guidance, support, illustrations and ideas for Greek reenactment)

Reenactment Supply Related Websites

Ann Laverick Re-enactors' Fair: http://www.reenactorsmarket.co.uk/

Bi-Annual Re-enactors Fair: http://www.livinghistoryfayres.com/

www.timetarts.co.uk (worth checking first for equipment availability)

http://www.armae.com (French deepeeka supplier. Very friendly, highly price competitive, Speak English)

www.battleorders.co.uk (main UK importer for deepeeka)

http://www.gdfb.co.uk/acatalog/info.html (developing own greek range)

http://www.whiterosearmoury.co.uk/

http://www.manningimperial.com/

http://www.gwangung.co.uk/

http://www.valiantco.com/

http://www.steveralphs.com/ (excellent bowyer and supplier of a number of scythian bows used by the Hoplite Association)

http://www.eagleclassicarchery.co.uk/

http://www.trinitycourtpotteries.co.uk/ (historical potter who specialises in later periods but can produce greek items to order)

http://www.bronzeagefoundry.com/

Hoplite Reenactment Related Websites

The equipment, building processes and representations in the following are not necessarily endorsed by the Hoplite Association but the sharing of experience is an important aspect of learning, particularly in the reenactment world, and examples of both good and bad help us all develop.

http://www.spartan-society.co.uk> (Spartan group based at the Lunt Roman Fort in Coventry.)

http://www.larp.com/hoplite/ (USA personal site - enthusiastic and shows the trials of 'going it alone' in panoply construction)

http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/nikolas.lloyd/ (UK personal site, limited data but worth a look for insight. Would dispute the use of the shield in the context of a 'sword fight', but all views are of value)

http://sydneyancients.5u.com/ (Well equipped, from Manning Imperial - link above. Cover multi-ancient roles but do Greek as well. Have been 'around' a long time)

http://www.legion-fourteen.com/greeks.htm (Included simply because it makes us smile. Enthusiasm, 100%)

www.thegreekwarriors.com (Hoplite group based in New York City. Perhaps the first Greek dedicated reenactment group in the USA?)

http://www.hoplites.co.uk/ (UK personal site run and maintained by a former Hoplite Association member who now undertakes individual activities)

http://www.spartasmores.gr/ (An actual group of REAL Greeks, in Greece itself. Good for them! Despite some equipment struggles (you will see from the pics they have steel kranoi) they have commissioned some attractive swords. In Greek, but click the links and find the pictures.)

http://www.spartanwarband.com/ (ASCA combat group in the USA .. BUT they are planning to expand into reenactment as well)

http://www/hetairoi.de (Hetairoi are a German based group covering the period from 500-300bce.)

Athenea Promakhos (Athenea Promakhos are based on the Spanish peninsula, most will recognise the twin crested kranoi of Ificrates).

Reference Websites

http://www.translatum.gr/ (Translate to and from Ancient Greek)

http://www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon (Greek-English dictionary)

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hopwood/kat/ (Scythian World)

http://www.mikrosapoplous.gr/en/ (Ancient Greek texts)

http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/ (Ancient Greek music)

http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/sh/ (Homeric singing)

http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agp/ (Ancient Greek pronunciation)

Research Resources

Abrahams, E.B.(1903); Greek Dress, John Murray, London

Berriedale-Johnson, M (2001); The British Museum Cookbook, St Edmundsbury Press

Connolly, P (1998); Greece and Rome at War, Greenhill Books

(Considered a seminal work on the period and a core reference text)

Davis-Kimball, J; Murphy, E.M; Korakova, L; Yablonsky, L.T. (2000); Kurgans, Ritual Sites and Settlements (Eurasian Bronze and Iron Age); BAR International Series 890

(The BAR archeology books form a vital source of research from this period and many are held in University libraries)

Hanson, V.D. (2000); The Western Way of War, University of California Press

Hanson, V.D. (2002); Hoplites, The Classical Greek Battle Experience, Routledge

(Although there are some aspects of controversy around the opinions expressed in the above, the re-enactment experiences do strongly support these views and taken together they provide a good grounding in Hoplite warfare)

Laver, J (1964); Costume in Antiquity, Thames and Hudson

Osprey (www.ospreypublishing.com) produce a range of reference books that can help in the interpretation and understanding of this period. Key texts are: Greek Hoplite 480-323 BC; The Greek and Persian Wars 500-323 BC; The Ancient Greeks; The Spartan Army; Marathon 490 BC; The Scythians 700-300 BC; The Thracians 700 BC - AD 76; Mounted Archers of the Steppe 600 BC - AD 1300.

Reeder, E.D. (1999); Scythian Gold, H N Abrams Inc

Rolle, R; The World of the Scythians, University of California Press

Rudenko, S.I. (1970); Frozen Tombs of Siberia, University of California Press

(A bible of reference for any serious Scythian re-enactor. Ensure you source the first Thompson translation with all illustrations)

Vos, M.F. (1963); Scythian Archers in Attic Vase Paintings, JB Wolters, Germany