Playmobil 70949 Spartans Custom Made Greek Ancient Hoplites - THREE Theban Sacred Band Hoplites - Custom Molded & Custom Made - EXCLUSIVE CUSTOM LIMITED EDITION!!

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THREE THEBAN SACRED BAND HOPLITES OF THE CLASSICAL ERA!!

CUSTOM MADE THEBAN SACRED BAND HOPLITES OF THE CLASSICAL ERA!!!

WITH CUSTOM MADE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE CORINTHIAN STYLE CUSTOM MOLDED & HAND PAINTED HELMETS CORRECTLY PROPORTIONATE WITH THE DISTINCTIVE DECORATIONS ON THE HELMET'S CHEEKS AND EYEBROWS THAT THE HOPLITES OF THE SACRED BAND WERE DRAWING...DECORATIONS THAT THEY WERE MOCKED AT FIRST....BUT LATER FEARED!!
WITH CUSTOM MADE THEBAN SACRED BAND LINOTHORAX ARMOR DESIGNED STICKERS INSTALLED ON THE FIGURES BODIES!!
WITH 3D PRINTED HISTORICALLY ACCURATE & PROPORTIONATE ARGIVE STYLE HELLENIC SHIELDS (HOPLON) & DETAILED PAINTED SPEARS!!
THEBAN SACRED BAND HOPLITES USSUALY HAD THE HERCULES CLUB   DECORATION ON THEIR SHIELDS OR THE OAK TREE FROM WHICH HERCULES MADE HIS CLUB IN BOEOTIA AS A SYMBOL OF THEIR LINEAGE AND VIRTUE!!
SHIELDS DECORATIONS ARE HAND PAINTED RELIEFS WHICH STICK OUT OF THE SHIELDS AND LOOK REALLY AWESOME!!
WITH THESE CORRECTLY PLAYMOBIL PROPORTIONATE SHIELDS THE FIGURES ARE NOW ABLE TO FORM THE FAMOUS PHALANX FORMATION IN WHICH THEY LOOK AWESOME!!
ALL COME FULLY ARMED AND READY FOR BATTLE WITH TWO WEAPONS (SPEARS & SWORDS)!!
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THESE PLAYMOBIL FIGURES HAVE MANY CUSTOM MOLDED OR 3D PRINTED & HAND PAINTED PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AND ARE MAINLY INTENDED FOR ADULT COLLECTORS AND DIORAMA CREATORS AND NOT AS MUCH FOR KIDS TO PLAY WITH!!
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The Sacred Band of Thebes (Hierós Lókhos) was a troop of select soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC, ending Spartan domination. Its predominance began with its crucial role in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. It was annihilated by Philip II of Macedon in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.
According to Plutarch, the 300 hand-picked men were chosen by Gorgidas purely for ability and merit, regardless of social class. It was composed of 150 male couples, each pair consisting of an older erastês ("lover") and a younger erômenos ("beloved"). Athenaeus of Naucratis also records the Sacred Band as being composed of "lovers and their favorites, thus indicating the dignity of the god Eros in that they embrace a glorious death in preference to a dishonorable and reprehensible life", while Polyaenus describes the Sacred Band as being composed of men "devoted to each other by mutual obligations of love". The origin of the "sacred" appellation of the Sacred Band is unexplained by Dinarchus and other historians. But Plutarch claims that it was due to an exchange of sacred vows between lover and beloved at the shrine of Iolaus (one of the lovers of Heracles) at Thebes. He also tangentially mentions Plato's characterization of the lover as a "friend inspired of God".
According to Plutarch, Gorgidas originally distributed the members of the Sacred Band among the front ranks of the phalanxes of regular infantry. In 375 BC, the command of the band was transferred to the younger boeotarch Pelopidas, one of the original Theban exiles who had led the forces who recaptured Cadmea. Under Pelopidas, the Sacred Band was united as a single unit of shock troops. Their main function was to cripple the enemy by engaging and killing their best men and leaders in battle.
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