Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 20 | View more quotes about nothing">Nothing stood against the phalanx on level ground. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 17 | It seemed ritualistic, but he was certainly intent on what he was doing. |
| 8 | 18 | I had the sense of a severe concentration. |
| 8 | 19 | I was reminded somewhat of the Pyrrhic dances of Gorean infantry, particularly of those infantries who specialized in the tactics of the phalanx, rather than the shifting, melting, forming, reforming tactics of the squares. |
| 8 | 20 | Nothing stood against the phalanx on level ground. |
| 8 | 21 | The squares, however, were more flexible, and better suited to an uneven terrain. |
| 8 | 22 | The Pyrrhic dances were used primarily as training exercises, but also figured in parades and martial displays, men shouting, spears clashing rhythmically on shields, the spear hedge rising and falling, wheeling about, a thousand spears in unison, this all to music. |
| 8 | 23 | It is very impressive. |
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It seemed ritualistic, but he was certainly intent on what he was doing.
I had the sense of a severe concentration.
I was reminded somewhat of the Pyrrhic dances of Gorean infantry, particularly of those infantries who specialized in the tactics of the phalanx, rather than the shifting, melting, forming, reforming tactics of the squares.
Nothing stood against the phalanx on level ground.
The squares, however, were more flexible, and better suited to an uneven terrain.
The Pyrrhic dances were used primarily as training exercises, but also figured in parades and martial displays, men shouting, spears clashing rhythmically on shields, the spear hedge rising and falling, wheeling about, a thousand spears in unison, this all to music.
It is very impressive.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)