In the Iliad, did Homer really describe the type of warfare common to the Mycenaean Era? Or was he describing the warfare of ...

Spartan wearing a Corinthian helmet and wrapped in a cape ... were similar to those employed elsewhere in the Greek-speaking world. Hoplite warriors formed phalanxes, which advanced in lockstep.

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal ... though in time they adopted tactics to overcome the close combat favored by Greek armies. During the 5th century BC, swords became increasing ...

Corinthian helmets were symbols of the Greek infantry's military style and have become symbols of the ancient world, with the ...

One was a young aristocrat, Cimon, the son of Miltiades, the victorious Athenian general at Marathon ten years before. He symbolically exchanged his riding equipment for the shield of a hoplite ...