Documentation, Analysis and Reconstruction of the Paleo-landuse of Wadi Musa with Special Reference to the Nabataean Period: A Geomatic Study based on Archaeological Evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammmad Al Farajat ◽  
Saad Twaissi ◽  
Mahmoud B Al Hasanat ◽  
Abdulla Al-Rawabdeh ◽  
Hani Al Falahat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Archaeological Evidence

The Hoplite Phalanx with Special Reference to the Poems of Archilochus and Tyrtaeus

1947 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 76-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. Lorimer
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
Structural Alteration ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Horizontal Diameter

The adoption of hoplite tactics and equipment in nearly all the more important Greek lands can be roughly dated by archaeological evidence to the first half of the seventh century and in certain areas within somewhat narrower limits. The momentous change from the essentially long-range fighting of the eighth century involved a single structural alteration in the round shield slung on a telamon which was in vogue, an alteration designed to make it afford the maximum of protection to troops in close formation so long as they stood firm; in the case of flight it became a mere encumbrance and was fairly likely to be thrown away. The change consisted in the substitution for the single central hand-grip previously in use of a central arm-band of metal (πὁρπαξ), through which the bearer thrust his arm up to the elbow, and a hand-grip (ἀντιλαβἠ), at the end of the horizontal diameter and just within the rim, which he grasped with his left hand.

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