10-29-2007, 09:15 PM
"Doryphoroi" is a general term to say "bodyguard" and is used by the greeks earlier than the macedonian reforms. So,a hypaspist could well have been called a "doryphoros". It may originate in tyrants' bodyguards(as well as clubmen) but I may be wrong.
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax