. Greek athletic sports and festivals . 0 f Fig. 92.—Various methods of attaching the aiiientum.( xxvii. p. 250.) warrior or hunter. In a boar-hunting scene, depicted on aCorinthian vase in the British Museum, B. 37, javelins fittedwith amenta are se-en sticking in the boars back, a clearproof that they were fixed to the shaft and did not remain inthe throwers hand. The light javelin, fitted with the amentum, was primarilyintended for throwing; but the vases show that it could alsobe used for thrusting or stabbing, in which case the thongserved as a convenient handle or grip. It also mar
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . 0 f Fig. 92.—Various methods of attaching the aiiientum.( xxvii. p. 250.) warrior or hunter. In a boar-hunting scene, depicted on aCorinthian vase in the British Museum, B. 37, javelins fittedwith amenta are se-en sticking in the boars back, a clearproof that they were fixed to the shaft and did not remain inthe throwers hand. The light javelin, fitted with the amentum, was primarilyintended for throwing; but the vases show that it could alsobe used for thrusting or stabbing, in which case the thongserved as a convenient handle or grip. It also marked theproper place to grasp the javelin, and is therefore occasionallyrepresented on the long spear, which, though generally used 1 Anab. v. 2, 12. 342 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. for thrusting, could on occasions be thrown. These long spearswere the weapons of the Homeric chieftains and of the hopliteswho formed the chief strength of the Greek forces at the timeof the Persian wars. The light javelin was the weapon of
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