05-01-2008, 07:36 PM
Quote:What about some non-classical sources?
You may read in some modern treatments that the Thebans formed in a "wedge". This is highly unlikely and probably suicidal with a force of hoplites bearing the aspis that cannot be brough around to the right side of the body with any facility.
The confusion stems from the fact that Xenophon compared the Theban deep phalanx to the ram of a ship, and this has been taken to mean a wedge- odd since they are also squared off!
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
