Database: The equipment of Hoplite

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The Greek warrior's equipment consisted of a bronze cuirass (or a lighter armor), bronze greaves, a spear, a sword, and a shield. The panoply—the name given to the whole apparatus the citizen needed to provide for himself—was costly: an Athenian decree of the 6th century BCE lists 30 drachmas, a month's wages for the average craftsman, as the price. It is clear that not every man could possess all the pieces of equipment composing the panoply; members of the elite could, but others had to content themselves with lesser or cheaper gear (such as light armor, the linothorax, instead of the bronze cuirass). It is also likely that arms and armor were passed down from father to son in order to reduce expenses. Towards the end of the Classical period, the state began supplying weapons, relieving—partially—the problem of cost.