War and society in the Greek world /

Other Authors: Rich, John,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
Series:Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; 4
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the limits of war / Graham Shipley
  • War in the Hebrew Bible / Robert Carroll
  • Hoplites and Homer : warfare, hero cult, and the ideology of the polis / Hugh Bowden
  • War and raids for booty in the world of Odysseus / Alastar Jackson
  • War, slavery, and settlement in early Greece / Tracey Rihll
  • Asia unmanned : images of victory in classical Athens / Edith Hall
  • Farming and fighting in ancient Greece / Lin Foxhall
  • Warfare, wealth, and the crisis of Spartiate society / Stephen Hodkinson
  • Warfare, economy, and democracy in classical Athens / Paul Millett
  • Alexander and the Macedonian invasion of Asia : aspects of the historiography of war and empire in antiquity / Michel Austin
  • The glorious dead : commemoration of the fallen and portrayal of victory in the late classical and hellenistic world / Ellen Rice.