Men of bronze : hoplite warfare in ancient Greece / edited by Donald Kagan and Gregory F. Viggiano.
Kagan, Donald, author, editor.; Viggiano, Gregory, author, editor.
2013
U33 .M46 2013 (Mapit)
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Title Men of bronze : hoplite warfare in ancient Greece / edited by Donald Kagan and Gregory F. Viggiano.
ISBN 9780691143019 hardcover alkaline paper
0691143013 hardcover alkaline paper
Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©2013.
Language English
Description xxi, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Call Number U33 .M46 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.4/738
Summary "Men of Bronze takes up one of the most important and fiercely debated subjects in ancient history and classics: how did archaic Greek hoplites fight, and what role, if any, did hoplite warfare play in shaping the Greek polis? In the nineteenth century, George Grote argued that the phalanx battle formation of the hoplite farmer citizen-soldier was the driving force behind a revolution in Greek social, political, and cultural institutions. Throughout the twentieth century scholars developed and refined this grand hoplite narrative with the help of archaeology. But over the past thirty years other scholars have criticized nearly every major tenet of this orthodoxy. Indeed, these revisionists have persuaded many specialists that the evidence demands a new interpretation of the hoplite narrative and a rewriting of early Greek history. Men of Bronze gathers leading scholars to advance the current debate and bring it to a broader audience of ancient historians, classicists, archaeologists, and general readers. After explaining the historical context and significance of the hoplite question, the book assesses and pushes forward the debate over the traditional hoplite narrative and demonstrates why it is at a crucial turning point. Instead of reaching a consensus, the contributors have sharpened their differences, providing new evidence, explanations, and theories about the origin, nature, strategy, and tactics of the hoplite phalanx and its effect on Greek culture and the rise of the polis."
Note "The papers published in this volume resulted from a conference on early Greek hoplite warfare held at Yale University in April 2008."
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Kagan, Donald, author, editor.
Viggiano, Gregory, author, editor.
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The hoplite debate / Donald Kagan and Gregory F. Viggiano
The arms, armor, and iconography of early Greek Hoplite warfare / Gregory F. 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 F. 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.

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