Dory (spear)
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Dory (spear)
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The dory or doru was the chief spear of hoplites in Ancient Greece. The word doru is first attested in the Homeric epics with the meanings of "wood" and "spear". Homeric heroes hold two dorata. In classical antiquity, the dory was a symbol of military power, possibly more important than the sword, as can be inferred from expressions like "Troy conquered by dory" and words like "doryktetos" (spear-won) and "doryalotos" (spear-taken). The spear used by the Persian army under Darius I and Xerxes in
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Hoplite weapon in Ancient Greece
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2024-04-04T14:05:00Z
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