Weapons
object · 2 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
spear · spears · armed · arms · bow · bows · missiles · shoot · steel · stone
in the texts
Cyropaedia
Spears, bows, and missiles used in hunting and warfare and in examples of trained skill.
And as he was present himself, he gave the royal command that no one should throw a spear before Cyrus had his fill of hunting.
For those men are not yet valiant warriors, who, however skilful in the use of bow or spear and in horsemanship, are still found wanting if it is ever necessary to suffer hardship;
Thereupon, Astyages gave his consent and from his position he watched them rushing in rivalry upon the beasts and vying eagerly with one another in giving chase and in throwing the spear.
The Third Tetralogy
The hypothetical implements—steel, stone, or wood—raised in argument as means the defendant could lawfully have used against his aggressor, contrasted with the bare hands he actually used.
and even if I had used steel or stone or wood to beat him off, I was acting within my rights;
Moreover, if it was with his hands and not with steel that the defendant slew, then the fact that his hands are more a part of himself than is steel makes him so much the more a murderer.