Peltast vs archers

[Avicenna]

Ludens:
Thucydides (greek historian) wrote a famous passage (4.34.3) stating that the Spartans suffered against the Athenian archers, 'for their piloi(helmets) did not keep out the arrows.'

[Ludens]

Thucydides (greek historian) wrote a famous passage (4.34.3) stating that the Spartans suffered against the Athenian archers, 'for their piloi(helmets) did not keep out the arrows.'

Quite so, but we were discussing the effectiveness of Hoplites against javelineers. Incidentally, all the writers I have read (which are admittedly not that many) considered Sphacteria a victory of peltasts over elite hoplites.