A sword is a weapon with a long metal blade and hilt. They are used for thrusting and striking in close range combat. Swords were commonly used as a secondary weapon by the Greek soldiers. The sword they used were called xiphos and were made of bronze because of the era that the Odyssey and the Trojan War took place in. Another sword was the kopis it was more slanted than the xiphos. Swords were mostly used if the spear broke and the soldier need to defend himself.
This is the Kopis sword used by the Greek soldiers.