In a message dated 2/18/01 6:07:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, N.Faulkner@tesco.net writes:
<< For a supposedly experienced warrior it seems a bit daft to have all limbs exposed to any sharp edge that might be flying around. Mediaeval warriors plastered themselves with every last bit of metal plating they could stand up in (sometimes even two helmets, one on top of the other). Xena (like Conan in the De Laurentiis movies) is all image.
Er, the Celts fought absolutely naked. And warriors in Xena's "time" wore "skirts." So to speak.
Annie