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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
Most of his geographical attribution is purely anecdotal. If the owner or dealer of the weapon said it is Greek, he listed it as Greek...
Absolutely no stylistical analysis.
Then... many collectors take his assertions as the absolute truth, and so we end up with absolute falacies that in time became the universally accepted truth.
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Waittttt a minute!
I didn't say that, and I think it's another misunderstanding!
To me Elgood is extremely reliable, probably one of the best scholar in the field. He is very honest too when he doesn't know he says nothing.
The problem is the people who are reading his books.
I don't even think that they read carefully and as you said if they see any photo in a book on Greek weapons it must be Greek...