- A
thyreos or
thureos (Ancient Gr****: θυρεός) was a
large oval
shield which was
commonly used in ****enistic
armies from the 3rd
century BC onwards. It...
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pieces of armor: belt
breastplate (θώραξ, thorax)
footwear shield (θυρεὸς,
thyreos)
helmet (περικεφαλαία, perikephalaia)
sword (μάχαιρα, machaira)
These pieces...
- in use but by the mid-3rd
century BC it has been
replaced by the
thyreos. The
thyreos was
adopted by the
Achaean League and by the
Boeotians in the 270s...
-
lighter pelte shield Thyreophoroi and
thorakitai –
medium infantrymen using thyreos shields Cartwright, Mark. "Hoplite".
World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved...
- non-Macedonian
troops hired as
auxiliaries or
mercenaries who
fought using thyreos shields,
which were wooden, oval-shaped, and
covered with hide or felt...
- Polypodiales. Its
genus name is from Gr**** a- ('without') and
Latinized Gr****
thyreos ('shield'),
describing its incon****uous
indusium (sorus' covering). The...
- A
cladogram is
given below: thyreophoroi, Gr****
soldiers bearing a
thyreos shield List of
thyreophoran type
specimens Fonseca, A.O.; Reid, I.J.; Venner...
-
albeit more rarely. The word
hypothyroidism is from Gr**** hypo- 'reduced',
thyreos 'shield', and
eidos 'form',
where the two
latter parts refer to the thyroid...
-
based on
these fossil remains. The
generic name, Thyreosaurus,
combines thyreos (θυρεός), the name of an
oblong shield used in
Ancient Greece—referencing...
- much like the rest of Greece, the
emergence of the
shield known as the
thyreos was
incorporated into Gr****
warfare and a new type of
troop was developed...
