Anabasis
Glossary
Hoplite
A heavily armed Greek foot soldier with a big round shield and a spear.
Peltast
A lightly armed soldier who threw javelins.
Phalanx
A tight block of hoplites, shields together.
Parasang
A Persian measure of distance, about an hour's march.
Stage
One day's march.
Satrap
A Persian governor of a province.
Hellenes
What the Greeks called themselves.
Barbarian
To Greeks, anyone who did not speak Greek. It did not mean savage.
Oracle
A holy place where people asked the gods for advice, like Delphi.
Thalatta
Greek for the sea.
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