Men of bronze : hoplite warfare in ancient Greece / edited by Donald Kagan and Gregory F. Viggiano.

Other author Kagan, Donald author, editor.
Other author Viggiano, Gregory, author, editor.
Format Book
PublicationPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2013.
Descriptionxxi, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
Military art and science--Greece. --History. --To 1500. --Congresses.
Soldiers--Greece. --History. --To 1500. --Congresses.
Weapons, Ancient--Greece. --Congresses.
Armor, Ancient--Greece. --Congresses.
Greece--History, Military. --To 146 B.C. --Congresses.

Contents The hoplite debate / Donald Kagan and Gregory Viggiano -- The arms, armor, and iconography of early Greek Hoplite warfare / Gregory Viggiano and Hans van Wees -- Hoplitai/Politai : refighting ancient battles / Paul Cartledge -- Setting the frame chronologically / Anthony Snodgrass -- Early Greek infantry fighting in a Mediterranean context / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- The hoplite revolution and the rise of the polis / Gregory Viggiano -- Hoplite hell : how hoplites fought / Peter Krentz -- Large weapons, small Greeks : the practical limitations of hoplite weapons and equipment / Adam Schwartz -- Not patriots, not farmers, not amateurs : Greek soldiers of fortune and the origins of hoplite warfare / John R. Hale -- Can we see the "hoplite revolution" on the ground? : archaeological landscapes material culture, and social status in early Greece / Lin Foxhall -- Farmers and hoplites : models of historical development / Hans van Wees -- The hoplite narrative / Victor Davis Hanson.
General note"The papers published in this volume resulted from a conference on early Greek hoplite warfare held at Yale University in April 2008."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012047892
ISBN9780691143019 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0691143013 (hardcover : alk. paper)