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Author Rich, John

Title War and Society in the Greek World
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (286 p.)
Series Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society Ser
Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction: the Limits of War -- 2: War in the Hebrew Bible -- 3: Hoplites and Homer: Warfare, Hero Cult, and the Ideology of the Polis -- 4: War and Raids for Booty in the World of Odysseus -- 5: War, Slavery, and Settlement in Early Greece -- 6: Asia Unmanned: Images of Victory in Classical Athens -- 7: Farming and Fighting in Ancient Greece -- 8: Warfare, Wealth, and the Crisis of Spartiate Society
9: Warfare, Economy, and Democracy in Classical Athens -- 10: Alexander and the Macedonian Invasion of Asia: Aspects of the Historiography of War and Empire in Antiquity -- 11: The Glorious Dead: Commemoration of the Fallen and Portrayal of Victory in the Late Classical and Hellenistic World -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
Author Shipley, Graham
ISBN 9781000107494
1000107493