Hoplite spacing and formation

[hoplite14gr]

Listen then some body who has paractical experience:

A: is good for advancing in open order and allows psiloi to retreat through the ranks or advnce through them to engage enemy light troops.
The shiled can be by the side if out of missle range.

When the "synaspismos" command is issued you get a C
The right most stichos stays immobile and the rest lock shilelds upon them
Its easier and less unerving to get a C and the left most persom has a tendency to cling on his right so the "dvnace from the left" might be a little misleading

Also a "Gyriones" sculpture from British museum favors C plus the aetoms of the Delphic Treasuries.

Case closed!

Kind regards