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What is Understanding Greek Warfare about?

Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of Figures 10 List of Maps 12 Preface and acknowledgments 13 1 Bronze Age and Homeric warfare: Achilles vs. Hector? 16 Introduction 16 The Mycenaeans and war 17 Homer and his “heroes” 28 Homeric receptions 34 Homeric battle: the Duel of Paris and Menelaus, and its aftermath 39 Notes 43 Further reading 44 2 The hoplite phalanx: the rise of the polis 46 Introduction 46 The phalanx: its rise, equipment, and tactics 47 Hoplites: the world’s first citizens 60 Hoplite battles: Thermopylae and the Nemea River 63 Notes 72 Further reading 72 3 Greek naval warfare: ruling the Aegean 75 Introduction 75 Greek navies 76 Thalassocracy: the naval mob and empire 81 Naval battles: Salamis and Naupactus 87 The navy in the Athenian visual landscape 94 Notes 98 Further reading 98 4 Total war: Athens vs. Sparta 100 Introduction 100 Thucydides, author of the war 101 An overview of the Peloponnesian War 106 Strategy and tactics beyond the phalanx 111 A new breed of leader 120 War and the Greek mind 127 Notes 131 Further reading 132 5 The fourth century bce: mercenaries and scoundrels 134 Introduction 13

Author

Sears, Matthew A.;

Language

EN