Summary Greek hoplite warfare has traditionally been explored through the extant textual and pictorial evidence. This has resulted in an incomplete picture, with much of the focus on the strategic and tactical aspects of battle, to the neglect of practical and functional considerations of combat. As a consequence, many of our understandings of the nature of hoplite combat, the how, remain deficient. In this paper, I explore the structural and functional aspects of the hoplite shield, the single most important item in the Greek hoplite's panoply, to determine its efficacy in a combat environment. Through a set of controlled practical experiments, the effectiveness of the hoplite shield is tested to establish its defensive qualities vis-a-vis the long thrusting spear, the hoplite's primary offensive weapon.

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``当我的盾牌变成叛徒时''！确定希腊重剑盾牌的战斗力

小结传统上，希腊的重装步兵战是通过现有的文字和图片证据进行的。这就造成了一个不完整的图景，主要集中在战斗的战略和战术方面，而忽略了战斗的实际和功能考虑。结果，我们对重装步兵战斗的本质，如何战斗的许多理解仍然缺乏。在本文中，我将探讨重剑盾牌的结构和功能方面，以确定其在战斗环境中的效能。重剑盾牌是希腊重剑裤中最重要的单个物品。通过一组受控的实际实验，测试了重装步兵护盾的效能，以确立其对抗重击长矛即重装步兵的主要进攻武器的防御能力。