Round 4: Tossup 10

In promulgating a “heterodox” school of thought on these people, Hans van Wees (“vayce”) made comparisons to the Dani people of highland New Guinea. Scholars dispute how to interpret the spacing between these people on the Chigi (“KEE-jee”) Vase. An “agonal” (10[1])view of these people’s activity developed from a Prussian bias according to Roel Konijnendijk (“rool ko-NYE-nun-dike”). These people named the only not-totally-naked footrace of the Panhellenic Games. (10[1])Scholars debate if a figurative or literal “push” characterized these people’s othismos. From the 8th century BCE, dipylon figure-of-eight varieties gradually began to be replaced by a distinctive piece of these people’s equipment. (10[1]-5[1])At Mantinea (“man-tih-NAY-uh”) and Leuctra, these people (10[1])wielded the dory (-5[2])with large aspis shields, (-5[1])and formed (10[1])close-order (10[1]-5[1])phalanxes. (10[4])For 10 points, what heavy (10[1])infantry (10[1])dominated (10[1])the (10[1])battlefields of Classical Greece? (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[3])

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