Talk:Miló and Akoúo̱/@comment-65.100.220.106-20130809082537/@comment-4830106-20130809164322

"Spear" is for all intents and purposes a generic term for a polearm with a short, pointed blade on the end. Naturally, the spear-shape has variations:

Lances are used by cavalry, Pikes by infantry, javelins by peltasts. "Spear" is just a name for a weapon that can be used for more than one of these purposes. If she can fight with it and throw it, it's a spear.

Judging by the design and Pyrrha's Greek motif, I would call it a Kopis or a Dory, the kind of spear that Greek Hoplites used in phalanx--powerful enough to stab and slash, but light enough to throw accurately.

@BenRG the Zulu assegai was mainly meant for throwing only. That is, until Shaka came along and turned it into a melee weapon.