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|mdlsjtxt=[[πελταστής]], οῦ, ὁ, [[πελτάζω]]<br />one who bears a [[light]] [[shield]] (πέλτἠ [[instead]] of the [[heavy]] [[ὅπλον]], a [[targeteer]], Lat. [[cetratus]], Eur., Thuc., etc. The peltasts held a [[place]] [[between]] the ὁπλῖται and ψιλοί. | |mdlsjtxt=[[πελταστής]], οῦ, ὁ, [[πελτάζω]]<br />one who bears a [[light]] [[shield]] (πέλτἠ [[instead]] of the [[heavy]] [[ὅπλον]], a [[targeteer]], Lat. [[cetratus]], Eur., Thuc., etc. The peltasts held a [[place]] [[between]] the ὁπλῖται and ψιλοί. | ||
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==Wikipedia EN== | ==Wikipedia EN== | ||
A peltast (Greek: πελταστής peltastes) was a type of light infantryman, originating in Thrace and Paeonia, and named after the kind of shield he carried. Thucydides mentions the Thracian peltasts, while Xenophon in the Anabasis distinguishes the Thracian and Greek peltast troops. The peltast often served as a skirmisher in Hellenic and Hellenistic armies. In the Medieval period, the same term was used for a type of Byzantine infantryman. | A peltast (Greek: πελταστής peltastes) was a type of light infantryman, originating in Thrace and Paeonia, and named after the kind of shield he carried. Thucydides mentions the Thracian peltasts, while Xenophon in the Anabasis distinguishes the Thracian and Greek peltast troops. The peltast often served as a skirmisher in Hellenic and Hellenistic armies. In the Medieval period, the same term was used for a type of Byzantine infantryman. | ||
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