Get to know Hoplite better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Hoplite meaning
A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
Using Hoplite
- The main meaning on this page is: A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
- In the example corpus, hoplite often appears in combinations such as: the hoplite, hoplite phalanx, hoplite warfare.
Context around Hoplite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hoplite
- In this selection, "hoplite" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, light, middle, traditional, phalanx, warfare and provided stand out and add context to how "hoplite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all his hoplite forces to and ancient greek hoplite helmet. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hoplite" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hoplite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Each hoplite provided his own equipment. (6 words)
Some hoplite spears were convert long. (6 words)
Nonetheless many armies of mainland Greece stuck with hoplite warfare. (10 words)
The centrepiece of the gardens is a marble statue on a high pedestal, of the mortally wounded Achilles ( Greek : Αχιλλεύς Θνήσκων, Achilleús Thnēskōn, Achilles Dying) without hubris and wearing only a simple cloth and an ancient Greek hoplite helmet. (39 words)
The Spartans also occupied Attica for periods of only three weeks at a time; in the tradition of earlier hoplite warfare the soldiers were expected to go home to participate in the harvest. (33 words)
This style had developed during internecine warfare amongst the Greeks; since each city-state fought in the same way, the advantages and disadvantages of the hoplite phalanx had not been obvious. (31 words)
Example sentences (18)
Anthologiae Graecae Appendix, vol. 3, Epigramma sepulcrale p. 17 Militarily, a major lesson for the Greeks was the potential of the hoplite phalanx.
As a result, hoplites began wearing less armour, carrying shorter swords, and in general adapting for greater mobility; this led to the development of the ekdromos light hoplite.
Each hoplite provided his own equipment.
Herodotus implies the Athenians ran the whole distance to the Persian lines, a feat under the weight of hoplite armory generally thought to be physically impossible.
It is a matter of contention, among historians, whether the hoplite used the spear overarm or underarm.
It was held with the right hand, the other hand holding the hoplite's shield.
Middle: hoplite's shield has a curtain which serves as a protection from arrows.
Miltiades ordered all his hoplite forces to march "double time" back to Athens, so that by the time Darius' troops arrived they saw the same Greek force waiting for them.
Nonetheless many armies of mainland Greece stuck with hoplite warfare.
Philip redesigned the army of Macedon adding a number of variations to the traditional hoplite force to make it far more effective.
Readers Companion Military Hist p. 438—Cowley Insofar as hoplite warfare could be perfected, the Spartans did so.
Some hoplite spears were convert long.
The centrepiece of the gardens is a marble statue on a high pedestal, of the mortally wounded Achilles ( Greek : Αχιλλεύς Θνήσκων, Achilleús Thnēskōn, Achilles Dying) without hubris and wearing only a simple cloth and an ancient Greek hoplite helmet.
The Macedonian phalanx was very different from the Hoplite phalanx of the Greek states to the South.
There also seems to have been a type of citizen assembly, presumably of the hoplite class.
These large shields, designed for pushing ahead, were the most essential equipment for the hoplites. citation Hoplite.
The Spartans also occupied Attica for periods of only three weeks at a time; in the tradition of earlier hoplite warfare the soldiers were expected to go home to participate in the harvest.
This style had developed during internecine warfare amongst the Greeks; since each city-state fought in the same way, the advantages and disadvantages of the hoplite phalanx had not been obvious.
Common combinations with hoplite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: