Weapons used during the odyssey
Weapons used during the time of the Trojan war were generally from the bronze age.The ancient Greeks (c. 750—146Bc) regarded the sword as strictly an auxiliary weapon, one that would never supplant their battle-proven reliance on the spear. The spear enabled the heavily armoured hoplites, or infantrymen, to stand together and protect each other within the close formation of their phalanx wall of shields and spears. This allowed them to repeatedly fight and win battles against far superior opposition.