A REVIEW OF JAVLIN

A depiction of a javelin thrower on an historic Greek vase, ca. 450 BC. Attributed to your painter with the Brussels Oinochoes. The peltasts, usually serving as skirmishers, had been armed with various javelins, usually with throwing straps to increase stand-off energy. The peltasts hurled their javelins within the enemy's heavier troops, the hopli