Toxotai

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This article is about Greek archer. For the fish with genus Toxotes, see Archerfish.

Toxotai (singular Toxotes, Greek τοξωται) mean archers in Old Greek. The Greek archer armed with short Greek bow (but the Cretans had long bezoarhorn-bow) and a short sword. They carried little pelte (or pelta) shield.

The computer game Age of Mythology mentions the following in its history files.

"After centuries of warfare that was decided by Hoplite battle, the Greeks began using a variety of units weapons after the superiority of combined arms was demonstrated convincingly by Philip’s Macedonian army. The Greeks added light troops, mainly Peltasts and cavalry. They were slower to add archers, whom they called Toxotes, because they did not have the long tradition of archery practice that created bowmen of sufficient quality for the battlefield."

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