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what has been the standard
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and orthodox interpretation of how the hoplite phalanx worked,
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which, I think, again Hanson has given us the clearest
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and most useful account.
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But as you know already, from what you've read,
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this has come into great dispute in recent years
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and I'll just say a little bit about
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the dispute before we get through today.
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But what I'm giving you is the old fashioned traditional interpretation.
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By that view,
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the phalanx would have come into being somewhere
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between about 700 and 650 B.C.,