Greek Warfare: Myth and Realities - Softcover

Wees, Hans Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715629670 ISBN 13: 9780715629673

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 2004

Synopsis

Greek Warfare This text on Greek warfare ranges from the concrete details of conducting raids, battles and sieges to more theoretical questions about the causes, costs, and consequences of warfare in archaic and classical Greece. Full description

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"Greek Warfare is a fresh, highly detailed, comprehensive look at the nature of war, warriors, and warfare in the ancient Greek world from Homeric times to the ascent of Rome...Intended for the very serious student of war in the ancient world, Greek Warfare will nevertheless prove rewarding even for the interested layman." --A. A. Nofi, The NYMAS Review

Synopsis:

From the soldier's-eye view of combat to the broad social and economic structures which shaped campaigns and wars, ancient Greek warfare in all its aspects has been studied more intensively in the last few decades than ever before. This book ranges from the concrete details of conducting raids, battles and sieges to more theoretical questions about the causes, costs, and consequences of warfare in archaic and classical Greece. It argues that the Greek sources present a highly selective and idealised picture, too easily accepted by most modern scholars, and that a more critical study of the evidence leads to radically different conclusions about the Greek way of war.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0715629670
• ISBN 13: 9780715629673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 349