A dictionary of Greek and Roman . k;i), which, on account of its form, is calledby Homer a pipe (avpiy^, U. xix. 387). The spear Avas used as a weapon of attack inthree different ways : — 1. It was thrown from cata-pults and other engines [Tormextum j. 2. It wasthrust forward as a pike. In this manner Achilles. killed Hector by piercing him with his spearthrough the neck. (II. xxii. 326.) The Euboeans 588 HASTA. HASTA. were particularly celebrated as pikemen. ( ii. 543.) 3. It was commonly thrown by thehand. The Homeric hero generally went to thefield with two spears. (Ho
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . k;i), which, on account of its form, is calledby Homer a pipe (avpiy^, U. xix. 387). The spear Avas used as a weapon of attack inthree different ways : — 1. It was thrown from cata-pults and other engines [Tormextum j. 2. It wasthrust forward as a pike. In this manner Achilles. killed Hector by piercing him with his spearthrough the neck. (II. xxii. 326.) The Euboeans 588 HASTA. HASTA. were particularly celebrated as pikemen. ( ii. 543.) 3. It was commonly thrown by thehand. The Homeric hero generally went to thefield with two spears. (Horn. 11. iii. 18, x. 76,xii. 298 ; Pind. Pyth. iv. 139.) On approachingthe enemy he first threw either one spear or both,and then on coming to close quarters drew hissword. (Horn. //. iii. 340, xvii. 580, xx. 273—284.) The spear frequently had a leathern thongtied to the middle of the shaft, which was calledayKv\r] by the Greeks, and amentum by theRomans, and which was of assistance in throwingthe spear. (Pollux, i. 136 ; Schol. ad Eurip. ; Xen. Anab. iv. 2. § 28 ; Virg. Aen. ix. 665 ;Ov. Met. xii. 321 • Cic. de Oral i. 57.) The an-nexed figure, taken from Sir W. Hamiltons Etrus-can Vases (iii. pi. 33), represents the amentumattached to the spear at the centre of gravity, alittle above the middle. KALE
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