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A Greek hoplite with muscle cuirass, spear, shield, Corinthian helmet and sheathed sword. Ancient Greek weapons and armor were primarily geared towards combat between individuals. Their primary technique was called the phalanx, a formation consisting of massed shield wall, which required heavy frontal armor and medium-ranged weapons such as ...
Dahomey axe club, also an effective blunt weapon [1] (African) Danish axe, hafted axe, English long axe, Viking axe, Danish longer axe (European) Doloire (European) Fu (Chinese) Hand axe, ovate handaxe (Paleolithic) Hatchet (European) Igorot headhunting axe [6] (Philippinese, Southeast Asian) Labrys, pelekys (Greek) Long-bearded axe (European ...
Hoplitodromos with aspis and full body armour depicted in a Greek vase dated to 550 BC. An aspis (Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς; pl.: aspides, ἀσπίδες) or porpax shield was the heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece. [1]
(Greek mythology) Lightning axe, an axe that is wielded by the Maya rain deity Chaac and used to produce thunder and rain. (Maya mythology) Parashu, the battle-axe of Shiva who gave it to Parashurama. (Hindu mythology) Pangu's axe, an axe wielded by Pangu. He used it to separate yin from yang, creating the Earth (murky yin) and the Sky (clear ...
The term linothorax is a modern term based on the Greek λινοθώραξ, which means "wearing a breastplate of linen"; [1] a number of ancient Greek and Latin texts from the 6th century BC to the third century AD mention θώρακες λίνεοι (thorakes lineoi) (Greek) or loricae linteae (Latin) which means 'linen body armour'. These ...
These helmets were widely used throughout the Mycenaean period, and are depicted frequently in ancient Aegean art. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Helmets made entirely of bronze were also used and they became more and more common until the boar tusk helmets became heirlooms, while some of them had large cheek guards, probably stitched or riveted to the helmet ...
The labrys, or pelekys, is the double axe Zeus uses to invoke storm and, the relatively modern Greek word for lightning is "star-axe" (ἀστροπελέκι astropeleki) [19] The worship of the double axe was kept up in the Greek island of Tenedos and in several cities in the south-west of Asia Minor, and it appears in later historical times ...
Cretan archers were a well known class of warrior whose specialist skills were extensively utilized in both ancient and medieval warfare. [1] They were especially valued in armies, such as those of the Greek city-states, (notably Athens, Sparta, Eretria, and Macedonia) and those of ancient Rome, which could not draw upon substantial numbers of skilled archers from their native populations.