In Speergewittern. Zur Semantik von "Fernkampf" und "Nahkampf" in der griechischen Archaik

The paper argues that the established distinction between long range combat (missile combat) and close range combat cannot be applied to Homeric and Archaic combat; that, in contrast, both types are part of the same close range fighting. However, the idea that missile combat is qua distance distinct from close combat, is embedded in a long tradition, which can be traced back to those scholars who commented on the Homeric text in the Hellenistic epoch.