05-09-2006, 08:05 PM
Xenophon Hellenica 7.5.23-24
The Spartan-Athenian-etc Allied Greeks formed up their cavalry in a 6 deep rectangle. Xenophon seems to indicate that Epaminondas formed his cavalry up in a wedge-shape deeper than 6 ranks. The Perseus translation says a column – but the word used is ‘embolon’ and the LSJ defines it as denoting wedge shaped formation in the context of military formations. In ‘The Cavalry of Classical Greece’ IG Spence also argues that Epaminondas is using a wedge-shaped formation.
The Spartan-Athenian-etc Allied Greeks formed up their cavalry in a 6 deep rectangle. Xenophon seems to indicate that Epaminondas formed his cavalry up in a wedge-shape deeper than 6 ranks. The Perseus translation says a column – but the word used is ‘embolon’ and the LSJ defines it as denoting wedge shaped formation in the context of military formations. In ‘The Cavalry of Classical Greece’ IG Spence also argues that Epaminondas is using a wedge-shaped formation.
Paul Klos
\'One day when I fly with my hands -
up down the sky,
like a bird\'
\'One day when I fly with my hands -
up down the sky,
like a bird\'
