Toxotai
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Toxotai (Greek: Τοξωται, English: Toxotes or "Archers") were Greek archers armed with a short Greek bow and a short sword. They carried a little pelte (or pelta) shield. Cretan Greek archers used nearly the same type of equipment except that they used a long bow. In the computer game Age of Mythology, the following statements are mentioned pertaining to the Toxotes:
"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."
