@article{712211,
      recid = {712211},
      author = {Kagan, Donald, and Viggiano, Gregory,},
      title = {Men of bronze : hoplite warfare in ancient Greece /},
      pages = {xxi, 286 pages :},
      note = {"The papers published in this volume resulted from a  conference on early Greek hoplite warfare held at Yale  University in April 2008."},
      abstract = {"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."},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/712211},
}