The Geography of Strabo, Vol. V (Loeb, Jones 1917)

war and peace, such that they provided a pleasant and untroubled pursuit for philosophers. This is attested to by the school of Eretrian philosophers associated with Menedemus that arose in Eretria, and even earlier by Aristotle’s residence in Chalcis, where he actually ended his life.

12. Now, for the most part, these cities were in agreement with one another, but having quarreled over the Lelantine Plain, they did not go so far as to conduct the war with total stubbornness. Instead, they made an agreement regarding the terms upon which they would conduct the battle. This is also shown by a pillar in the Amarynthium temple, stating that they were not to use long-range weapons. For indeed, there is and was not just one custom of war and weaponry; some use long-range weapons, like archers, slingers, and javelin-throwers, while others use close-combat weapons, like those who use swords and thrusting spears. There is a twofold use of spears: one is hand-held, and the other is used like a throwing-spear, just as the pike also serves both purposes; for they fight both in close formation and by throwing pikes, which is also the function of the sarissa (Macedonian long spear) and the hyssos (javelin).

13. The Euboeans were excellent in the stationary style of fighting, which is called "close-quarters" or...