Depictions of Underarm Phalanxes
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Depictions of Underarm Phalanxes
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04-14-2011, 08:39 PM
No such depictions of hoplites in close formation exist. Almost all representations of spears wielded underarm portray one-on-one "heroic" duels. The only known exception is on a 7th century aryballos from Thebes, but even on that only three out of the dozen or so hoplites using spears are wielding underarm.
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