10-30-2007, 11:49 PM
Stefanos wrote:-
Quote:Lonche is also the spear point....generally only Herodotus uses it in this sense...longche can also mean the plural of spear, roughly "set of spears" which describes a pair of throwing spears admirably....Longche and pelte were the traditional equipment of the Macedonian warrior....
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff