What does spearplay mean?
Spearplay means Fighting (or practice exercises) with spears..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Fighting (or practice exercises) with spears..
The farmer or the potter or the merchant takes down his father's old spear, puts the old armor on, practices the spearplay, takes his place in the ranks, and goes through the drill as is expected of him.
What this spear-play reveals is something central to Homer, and to many of the arguments about Homer which have raged over the past two centuries.
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Spearplay means Fighting (or practice exercises) with spears..
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The farmer or the potter or the merchant takes down his father's old spear, puts the old armor on, practices the spearplay, takes his place in the ranks, and goes through the drill as is expected of him.
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