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hoplite (plural hoplites) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis. 1970, John Kinloch Anderson, Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon, page 141,
Armies of Ancient Greece. A foot solider in the ancient Greek army was known as a hoplite. A hoplite was equipped with a thirty-inch shield, a helmet, leg guards, a breastplate, a spear, and a sword.The equipment for one soldier weighed altogether as much as seventy pounds.rmies of Ancient Greece. A foot solider in the ancient Greek army was known as a hoplite. A hoplite was equipped with a thirty-inch shield, a helmet, leg guards, a breastplate, a spear, and a sword.