ψιλὸς … ὡπλισμένῳ. The contrast is illustrated by the case of the Locrians in the Iliad, who came to Troy armed only with bows, and are described as shrinking from the “σταδίη ὑσμίνη”, because they were not armed as hoplites:— “οὐ γὰρ ἔχον κόρυθας χαλκήρεας ἱπποδασείας”, | “οὐδ᾽ ἔχον ἀσπίδας εὐκύκλους καὶ μείλινα δοῦρα”. ( Il. 13. 714 f.)
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VII: The Ajax. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1907.
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