"Ancient Warfare" in Wikipedia

[O'ETAIPOS]

First we should ask how many archers, if any, were in that Beotian column.

[Yyrkoon]

The ancient Greeks looked down on archery. It was coward fighting. That's why they had manly hoplites. That's why Paris is such a wuss in the Illiad, he's an archer.

[Gleemonex]

The ancient Greeks looked down on archery. It was coward fighting. That's why they had manly hoplites. That's why Paris is such a wuss in the Illiad, he's an archer.

But they used it anyways, like big fat hypocrites. Even the Spartans condemned their helots to the shame of archery.

-Glee