ARKOWPOINT5?, SPEARHEADS, AND KNIVEIS. 833 



The arrowheads were of bronze, Homer says "three-toiigued," as 

 showu in fig. 27, and those from Marathon shown further on (fig. 28). 

 The arrow shafts were of light wood or smooth cane, 

 well polished. 



In the Trojan war the spear, lance, or Javelin was 

 the principal weapon and used in all three caiiaci- 

 ties, according to the need. It could naturally be 

 thrown but a short distance in the immediate pres- 

 ence of the enemy, and was sometimes used in hand 



GHEEK BUONZE "THREE- ^^ liand COUtllCtS. 



roNouED" ARROW- Homcr describes in detail the arms and armor 

 ''"'■''^^' of the Greeks and Trojans and their various uses, 



Maralbou. t ■ ^- t ^ ■, 



,,,,,, , , ., . and makes a])parentlY no distinction between those 

 of the two peoples. 

 Achilles, in the combat with Hector: 



* ^ * and, ])oising', hurled bis weighty spear, 

 but Hector saw and shnuued the blow ; he stooped, 

 Aod o'er his shoulder Hew the brass-tipped spear, 

 And in the ground was fixed: but Pallas drew 

 Tlie weapon forth, and to Achilles' baud, 

 All unobserved of Hector, gave it back. 



Then Hector: 



Poising, hurled his ponderous spear. 

 Nor missed his aim; full in the midst he struck 

 Pelides' shield; but, glancing from the shield, 

 The weapon glided olit'. Hector was grieved 

 That thus his spear had bootless left his baud. 

 He stood aghast; no second spear was nigh: 

 And loudly on Deiphobus he called 

 A spear to briug; but he was far away. 



Again Hector: 



Thus as he spoke, his sharp-edged sword he drew, 

 Ponderous and vast, suspended at his side ; 

 Collected for the spring and forward dashed. * * * 

 Achilles' wrath was roused: with fury wild 

 His soul was filled: before his breast he bore 

 His well-wrought shield; and fiercely on his brow 

 Nodded the four-plumed helm, * * * 

 Gleamed the sharp-pointed lance, which in his right 

 Achilles poised, on god-like Hector's doom 

 Intent, and scanning eagerly to see 

 Where from attack his body least was fenced. 

 All else the glittering armour guarded well, # » » 

 One chink appeared, just where the collar bone 

 The neck and shoulder parts, beside the throat, ► ^ » 

 There levelled he. [Hiad, XXII, 320. 



In the combat with Ajax, Hector: 



Poising, hurled his ponderous spear; 

 The brazen coveruig of the shield it struck, 

 The outward fold, the eighth, above the seven 

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