Hollow Lakedaimon

As you can tell by now, I am an advocate of a literal pushing othismos. Because of this I am frustrated by some elements of the pro-othismo...

I happened upon an image of othismos as I describe it in my crowd-othismos model: men packed tight belly to back, not pushing side-on. This ...

I recently stumbled upon this band on youtube and have to support anyone who sings about Sparta.

I am often asked how and why men enter the close-packed formation needed to conduct the othsimos as I define it. Here is a little video by ...

I recently re-read a paper on Greek swordsmanship: “Footwork in Ancient Greek Swordsmanship” Brian F. Cook, Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol...

Here is some information from a paper on the pressures generated by crowds: "Prediction of human crowd pressures" Accident Analysi...

I have, after years of trying off and on, finally gotten in contact with Rob McDermott. If you have not seen his simulation of hoplite comb...