Dory (spear) grips are debated, but I personally believe hoplites did whatever worked based on the totality of the circumstances. This means you’d see a wide variety of grips.https://twitter.com/CraigHlady/status/1232693273229053952 …
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I am a 'soft' othismos thinker: charge, collide, maybe some pushing. I'd think the formation would accordion naturally - a press at the impact of the charge, followed by men naturally spacing out. But I don't think anyone can be sure enough about anything to be angry about it.
Ditching the othismos entirely seems to me to run afoul of the evidence. The word means what it means. Tyrtaeus' description is really quite clear.
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Yup! That’s my argument. But people have a super allergic reaction to literalist interpretations. But in the end, it matches my lived experience. It’s what *I* do when I’m in the kit, and it’s effective as hell.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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He specifically says “shield against shield” and “foot beside foot.”
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Yeah! The text is very clear! καὶ πόδα πὰρ ποδὶ θεὶς καὶ ἐπ᾽ἀσπίδοσἀσπίδ᾽ἐρείσας, ἐν δὲ λόφον τε λόφῳ καὶ κυνέην κυνέῃ καὶ στέρνον στέρνῳ πεπλημένος ἀνδρὶ μαχέσθω.
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