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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454837903321

Titolo

War and society in the Greek world / / edited by John Rich and Graham Shipley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995, c1993

ISBN

9786610320868

0-415-06643-3

1-134-80784-8

1-280-32086-9

0-203-43146-4

0-203-29245-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

RichJohn <1944->

ShipleyGraham

Disciplina

303.6/6/0938

Soggetti

War

Electronic books.

Greece History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. versions of papers presented at meetings held in Leicester and Nottingham 1988-1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction: The limits of war; War in the Hebrew Bible; Hoplites and Homer: Warfare, hero cult, and the ideology of the polis; War and raids for booty in the world of Odysseus; War, slavery, and settlement in early Greece; Asia unmanned: Images of victory in classical Athens; Farming and fighting in ancient Greece; Warfare, wealth, and the crisis of Spartiate society; Warfare, economy, and democracy in classical Athens

Alexander and the Macedonian invasion of Asia: Aspects of the historiography of war and empire in antiquityThe glorious dead: Commemoration of the fallen and portrayal of victory in the late classical and hellenistic world; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the impact of war on Greek society from Homeric times to the age of Alexander and his successors. Discusses the causes and profits



of war, links between war, piracy, slavery and trade and the ideology of warfare in literature and art.