hoplite

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.

Hoplite in a sentence

The Athenian hoplites who routed the Persian invaders on the field of Marathon in 490 created one of the great 'myths' of Athens.

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