The Gymnesians , or Gymnesic Islands , is a collective name given to the two largest Balearic islands, Mallorca and Menorca, distinguishing them from the Pityuses , or Pine Islands, Ibiza and Formentera.
The word Gymnesian means "naked". The Greeks called the islands Gymnesiae . According to Diodorus Siculus the Greeks called the islands like this because the inhabitants were naked during the summer time. The Ancient Greeks recruited the local inhabitants of these islands, the Talaiotics, as slingers. According to some researchers, this does not mean that they fought naked, but that they used much lighter armament than the hoplites.
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