Pos Ise! (That’s ancient Greek for how are you.) I’m the Greek gumshoe. I’ve hunted out another weapon for us.
The Sarissa was a 13-23 foot spear. It had a small buttspike on the end, caled a ‘sauropter’ (meaning ‘lizard-killer) which could be used as another head to the spear.
The buttspike could also be used as a stand for the weapon. The sarissa also has a round metal ball right above the buttspike so if the spearhead and the buttspike were broken off, you could use the ball as a mace.
The sarissa was made by Phillip the Second and used as a replacement of the dory. (See my blog on the subject.)
The sarissa is a very cool weapon with a very weird name. Ha, ha, ha.
Tune in next time when we will hunt out another weapon.
Thank you to www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?603131-Idea-of-Hellenistic-sarissa-in-Rome-2 and blog.oup.com/2014/05/rise-macedonian-empire-slideshow/ for the images.)
