Németh, György2021-06-282021-06-282020-07-08Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, Vol. 51 (2015) , 5–160418-453Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317250Ancient sources regarded throwing away one’s shield as a punishable crime in Greek poleis, and their testimony has been accepted by modern scholarship. However, if we read the accounts of actual instances of shield-dropping, we find that the interests of the whole community often took precedence over the demand to penalize shield-droppers.application/pdfrhipsaspisHoraceArchilochusAlcaeusAnacreonDemosthenesTheomnestusfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum DebreceniensisActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis51Acta Class. Univ. Sci. Debr.2732-3390