Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 22 | The Pyrrhic dances were used primarily as training exercises, but also figured in parades and martial displays, men shouting, spears clashing rhythmically on shields, the spear hedge rising and falling, wheeling about, a thousand spears in unison, this all to music. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 19 | I was reminded somewhat of the Pyrrhic dances of Gorean infantry, particularly of those infantries who specialized in the tactics of the phalanx, rather than the shifting, melting, forming, reforming tactics of the squares. |
| 8 | 20 | Nothing stood against the phalanx on level ground. |
| 8 | 21 | The squares, however, were more flexible, and better suited to an uneven terrain. |
| 8 | 22 | The Pyrrhic dances were used primarily as training exercises, but also figured in parades and martial displays, men shouting, spears clashing rhythmically on shields, the spear hedge rising and falling, wheeling about, a thousand spears in unison, this all to music. |
| 8 | 23 | It is very impressive. |
| 8 | 24 | This fellow's exercises, however, were done by a single man and, as nearly as I could determine, from the distance, in silence. |
| 8 | 25 | He wore a light, loose, white robe, which came about to his knees. |
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I was reminded somewhat of the Pyrrhic dances of Gorean infantry, particularly of those infantries who specialized in the tactics of the phalanx, rather than the shifting, melting, forming, reforming tactics of the squares.
Nothing stood against the phalanx on level ground.
The squares, however, were more flexible, and better suited to an uneven terrain.
The Pyrrhic dances were used primarily as training exercises, but also figured in parades and martial displays, men shouting, spears clashing rhythmically on shields, the spear hedge rising and falling, wheeling about, a thousand spears in unison, this all to music.
It is very impressive.
This fellow's exercises, however, were done by a single man and, as nearly as I could determine, from the distance, in silence.
He wore a light, loose, white robe, which came about to his knees.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 8)