User blog comment:Cfp3157/The Muses Sing of the Gods' Champion: Jason vs. Odysseus/@comment-422690-20141222185606

So...

Sword: Xiphos wins. Contrary to popular opinion, iron is actually a very poor metal to use for weaponry, especially in the earlier days. What was used then was wrought iron more often than not, which has a good amount of directional (typically longitudinal) strength. The problem being, however, that if stress is applied in any other direction, it tends to shatter quite easily. Bronze is a tougher material and better for a sword, so it wins here. And to head off the "if iron sucked so bad, why'd they replace bronze with it?" argument, the answer is the same as "why do modern companies use shoddy products from third-world sweatshops?": it was cheaper. Edge: Odysseus.

Polearm: Mycenaean Axe wins. You do not want to fight hand-to-hand with a javelin. It doesn't have the reach of an actual spear, and has less killing surface. As for throwing it... the javelin isn't a precision weapon. You essentially just toss it up in the air and hope for the best. That axe is going to be a far more reliable weapon than that javelin. Edge: Odysseus

Bows: Odysseus' bow wins. Normally, I'd give this to the composite bow, because they're typically better. Odysseus' bow, however, has such a massive draw weight that it requires superhuman strength to string. This will give it more power, more range, and more accuracy than a normal self bow, and likely more than a composite bow. Edge: Odysseus.

TBF soon.