Triskelion

[David Kush]

Was the triskelion associated with any particular Classical Greek City Greek City State or region. I know it is on the flag of modern Sicily but I'd be surprised if it dated back to the classic era. Or should I be painting up my Siciliot Hoplites with them?

[Patrick Waterson]

It seems to date back beyond the classical era.  Wikipedia has a brief but hopefully useful article.

If your Sicilian hoplites are going to bear this device, I suggest something closer to the original rather than the AD 1282 version.

As to whether classical Sicilians, and if so which cities, used the triskelion - I do not know, but this was posted as a Syracusan shield on this site.

[Edit - fixed Wikipedia link, and would draw attention to Duncan's findings below.]

[Duncan Head]

As a shield-device it is supposedly associated with the Athenian clan of the Alcmaeonids, known as "whitelegs" and believed to bear either a single white leg or a triskelion.

It also occasionally appears on coins from Syracuse though not, as far as I know, linked to shields.

[Duncan Head]

Just found these
- https://www.academia.edu/3760013/The_Triskeles_on_Ancient_Greek_Coins
-  https://www.academia.edu/27210981/Triskeles_on_Ancient_Coins

They find the device on coins of quite a few states, but mostly not as a shield-device. However there's one Athenian coin in the first paper, and a ceramic from Akragas/Agrigentum/Agrigento  in the second, which may be shields.

[David Kush]

Thanks all for the input.