Editing Peltast (section)

===Weapons===
''Peltasts'' weapons consisted of several [[javelins]], which may have had straps to allow more force to be applied to a throw.

The size of these javelins could differ greatly from a modern olympic-style javelin. [[Xenophon]] mentions in his [[Anabasis (Xenophon)|Anabasis]] an encounter with hostile [[Carduchii|Carduchians]], fighting with longbows, wherein the Greeks reused carduchian arrows as javelins.<blockquote>They were, moreover, excellent archers, using bows nearly three cubits long and arrows more than two [[cubit]]s (86 cm -112 cm). When discharging the arrow, they draw the string by getting a purchase with the left foot planted forward on the lower end of the bow. The arrows pierced through shield and cuirass, and the Hellenes, when they got hold of them, used them as javelins, fitting them to their thongs.<ref name="1.10.7" /></blockquote>