Watching videos of hoplite reenactors, I am struck by how many of them use the 'a-hoo' grunt from 300 or a 'huh huh huh' marching cadence, but none of them do the *actually attested* things of the "alale!" (ἀλαλή) battle-cry or singing a song (a παιᾶν).
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
Nov 21, 2025 20:35Agreed. There is some debate about what that actually sounded like, but I would prefer any honest attempt at it.
Once spoke to a reenactor who claimed that hoplites probably didn't often use spears with the overhand grip you often see on Greek paintings, because his reenactment fights showed that the underarm grip was more practical.
He said artists had put that on vases so much only because it "looked cool".
