Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a heavy-armed foot-soldier, armed with helmet, cuirass or thorax, and greaves, and bearing a large shield, and, as weapons, a sword, one or more spears or javelins, and sometimes a battle-ax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient
Greece .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The fine amounted to two thousand minae,53 being two minae54 for each hoplite, which is the penalty imposed by the law.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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A hoplite is a heavily armed infantry man; see the Glossary or Appendix F, Land Warfare, ©2.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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A hoplite is a heavily armed infantry man; see the Glossary or Appendix F, Land Warfare, ©2.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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As each hoplite was unshielded on his right side, he relied on the man next to him for protection, encouraging by necessity a strong sense of unity in battle.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The Thebans had perfected the art of hoplite warfare.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Each hoplite was a proud citizen who could afford to equip himself with a bronze helmet, a thick breastplate, greaves to protect the legs, and an iron-tipped spear eight to ten feet long used for thrusting, not throwing.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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When a hoplite line advanced shoulder to shoulder against the enemy, it was a wall of death.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Standard hoplite spears were eight to ten feet in length, but the sarissa was almost eighteen feet long.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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As each hoplite was unshielded on his right side, he relied on the man next to him for protection, encouraging by necessity a strong sense of unity in battle.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Standard hoplite spears were eight to ten feet in length, but the sarissa was almost eighteen feet long.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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