hoplon

In addition, each man carried a razor-sharp iron sword and heavy shield hoplon almost three feet wide on the left arm.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

In addition, each man carried a razor-sharp iron sword and heavy shield hoplon almost three feet wide on the left arm.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

In addition, each man carried a razor-sharp iron sword and heavy shield hoplon almost three feet wide on the left arm.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

An enormous and heavy shield—the aspis or hoplon—some three feet in diameter covered half the body and completed the panoply.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

An enormous and heavy shield—the aspis or hoplon—some three feet in diameter covered half the body and completed the panoply.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Hoplites were citizen soldiers who provided their own equipment: a round bronze shield (hoplon), a bronze helmet with cheek and nose guards, and a nine-foot spear.

3. The Archaic Period, 800-510 B.C.E 2001

Once spears were used and lost they were using their swords, as well as their shields (or the hoplon -- from which they received their name = hoplites).

Fallen Heroes Bulletin Board 2000

Hoplophobe: from the Greek hoplon, or weapon, is defined as the "fear of firearms" or alternatively, an irrational fear of weapons in general, and describes a specific phobia.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local mhbretz 2010

Hoplophobe: from the Greek hoplon, or weapon, is defined as the "fear of firearms" or alternatively, an irrational fear of weapons in general, and describes a specific phobia.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010