 Light infantry might also be called "euzonoi" ("active", "light armored"; a name shared with modern Evzones), though these might be any troops lightly armed, such as "hoplitai" deployed without their shields, who would not rank as "psiloi".The "peltastai" (bearers of light shields, targeteers) were an intermediate infantry class, better armored than the "psiloi" but more lightly equipped than the "hoplitai" - the heavy infantry armed to fight at close quarters in the phalanx.In ancient Greece, the "psiloi" belonged to the poorest citizen classes; sometimes even unfree conscripts would be employed, such as the Peloponnesian helots.