Look up: hoplite


  1. Hoplite
    A regular Greek soldier.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  2. Hoplite
    a Greek infantry soldier of the citizen armies who defended Greek city-states; for more information on the hoplites see the Perseus Historical Overview subtopic '5.16. The so-called Hoplite Revolution.
    Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html

  3. hoplite
    [HOP-light] A foot soldier with metal armour. Hoplites carried round shields and had bronze helmets and leg guards.
    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/glossary/index.shtml

  4. hoplite
    In ancient Greece, a heavily armed infantry soldier (as distinct from the lightly armed peltast). They were the backbone of the army in all the Greek city-states from...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Hoplite
    Hop'lite noun [ Greek ..., from ... tool, weapon: confer French hoplite .] (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/60

  6. Hoplite
    • (n.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hoplite/

  7. hoplite
    ancient Greek heavily armed foot soldier whose function was to fight in close formation. Until his appearance, probably in the late 8th century , ... [4 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/69

  8. Hoplite
    A hoplite was a citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek city-states. Hoplites were primarily armed as spearmen and fought in a phalanx formation. The word "hoplite" (Greek: ὁπλίτης hoplitēs; pl. ὁπλίται hoplitai) derives from "hoplon" (ὅπλον, plural hopla ὅπλα), the type of...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplite

  9. hoplite
    hoplite (hop'līt) , heavy infantry soldier in the armies of classical Greece. Hoplites were usually protected by helmets, cuirasses, and leg armor. They carried large shields, javelins, heavy swords, and sometimes battle-axes and fought in the tightly organized phalanx formation. In classi...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0824167.html

  10. Hoplite
    Man-at-arms. A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21596

  11. hoplite
    1) A regular greek soldier 2) Ancient greek soldier 3) Peloponnesian war soldier
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hoplite/1

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