Open AccessNotes on Representations of Hoplites with Double Spears in Archaic Greek Art and the Usage of Javelins and Spears by the Archaic Phalanx
Author(s) -
Wawrzyniec Miścicki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
studies in ancient art and civilization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2449-867X
pISSN - 1899-1548
DOI - 10.12797/saac.17.2013.17.09
Subject(s) - phalanx , offensive , reliability (semiconductor) , art , ancient history , classics , history , mathematics , power (physics) , operations research , physics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of this article is to answer questions concerning the usage of spears and javelins by the warriors of Archaic Greece. More precisely, the possibility of the hoplites using javelins as an offensive weapon when fighting in the phalanx formation will be examined through the analysis of contemporary iconographical sources. The article will also present how depictions of hoplites with double spears could be interpreted and used within the theory of Archaic Greek warfare and examine the reliability of such images.