Noun
A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnthologiae Graecae Appendix, vol. 3, Epigramma sepulcrale p. 17 Militarily, a major lesson for the Greeks was the potential of the hoplite phalanx. Source: Internet
As a result, hoplites began wearing less armour, carrying shorter swords, and in general adapting for greater mobility; this led to the development of the ekdromos light hoplite. Source: Internet
Herodotus implies the Athenians ran the whole distance to the Persian lines, a feat under the weight of hoplite armory generally thought to be physically impossible. Source: Internet
Each hoplite provided his own equipment. Source: Internet
It is a matter of contention, among historians, whether the hoplite used the spear overarm or underarm. Source: Internet
Miltiades ordered all his hoplite forces to march "double time" back to Athens, so that by the time Darius' troops arrived they saw the same Greek force waiting for them. Source: Internet