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Definition of Hoplite
1. n. A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
Definition of Hoplite
1. Noun. A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoplite
1. a foot soldier of ancient Greece [n -S] : HOPLITIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoplite
Literary usage of Hoplite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"hoplite-service were divided into two categories, one containing those under 20
and over 50 years of age, the other those between 20 and 50. ..."
2. A History of Greece: For Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers (1895)
"... entitled "The Battle of Marathon." Cox, Lives of Greek Statesmen: "Miltiades."
1 Herod, vii. 144. Fig. 25. hoplite, OR HEAVY-ARMED GREEK WARRIOR. ..."
3. A Day in Old Athens: A Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis (1914)
"The Weapons of a hoplite. — The hoplites have donned their armor. Now they assume
their offensive weapons. Every man has a lance and a sword. ..."
4. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"... over to Euboea as a hoplite in the army of Phokion, and obtained leave of
absence to come back for the Dionysia, or whether he did not go at all, ..."
5. Ancient Greece by Sandi Johnson (2003)
"MAKE hoplite SHIELDS hoplites were elite foot soldiers. ... For protection a
hoplite soldier wore a cuirass (a bronze and leather plate for the breast and ..."
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