Database: The equipment of Hoplite

The Greek warrior's equipment consisted of a bronze cuirass (or a lighter armor), bronze greaves, a spear, a sword, and a shield. The —the name given to the whole apparatus the citizen needed to provide for himself—was costly: an Athenian decree of the 6th century BCE lists 30 drachmas, a month's wages for the average craftsman, as the price. It is clear that not every man could possess all the pieces of equipment composing the panoply; members of the elite could, but others had to content themselves with lesser or cheaper gear (such as light armor, the , instead of the bronze cuirass). It is also likely that arms and armor were passed down from father to son in order to reduce expenses. Towards the end of the , the state began supplying weapons, relieving—partially—the problem of cost.
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