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

Other author Rich, John, 1944-
Other author Shipley, Graham.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Descriptionxiii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLeicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 4
Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 4. ^A244525
Contents Introduction : the limits of war / Graham Shipley -- War in the Hebrew Bible / Robert Carroll -- Hoplites and Homer : warfare, hero cult, and the ideology of the polis / Hugh Bowden -- War and raids for booty in the world of Odysseus / Alastar Jackson -- War, slavery, and settlement in early Greece / Tracey Rihll -- Asia unmanned : images of victory in classical Athens / Edith Hall -- Farming and fighting in ancient Greece / Lin Foxhall -- Warfare, wealth, and the crisis of Spartiate society / Stephen Hodkinson -- Warfare, economy, and democracy in classical Athens / Paul Millett -- Alexander and the Macedonian invasion of Asia : aspects of the historiography of war and empire in antiquity / Michel Austin -- The glorious dead : commemoration of the fallen and portrayal of victory in the late classical and hellenistic world / Ellen Rice.
General noteRev. versions of papers presented at meetings held in Leicester and Nottingham 1988-1990.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0415121663

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