The first visual shows a military tactic used mainly by soldiers hailing from the kingdom shown in green in the second visual. Identify the tactic or the country. A corruption of this tactic is now a common word in the English language.Answer: The kingdom is Parthia and the military tactic which demanded great equestrian skills was to pretend to flee the war scene but turn around and shoot arrows at the pursuing enemy. This was called the Parthian shot which later was corrupted to become parting shot. Incidentally, such corruption is called a mondegreen which itself has a fascinating etymology. tsp, Mekie, Srivats, Raghu, Manix, Rajesh, Avi and Adi got it. Well done.
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Parthian Tactics from Parthia
"You wound, like Parthians, while you fly, And kill with a retreating eye."
(Parting shot)
Parhian shot/parting shot
Parthian shot or parting shot.
Arsacid or Parthian Empire.
Sipahi or Ottoman archer of Eurasian Steppe. Sepoy in english has the same root
Parthian shot :-)
Parthian shot
Pathian shot - corrupted to parting shot
Parthian Shot which is now corrupted to parting shot.
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