Brill's Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx (Brill's Companions to Classical Studies)

"After decades of controversy, there is now a growing consensus that Greek warfare was not singular and simple, but complex and multiform. In this volume, emerging and established scholars build on this consensus to explore Greek warfare beyond its traditional focus on hoplites and the phalanx. We expand the chronological limits back into the Iron Age, the geographical limits to the central and eastern Mediterranean, and the operational limits to include cavalry, light-armed troops, and sieges. We also look beyond the battlefield at integral aspects of warfare including religion, the experiences of women, and the recovery of the war dead"--ISBN : 9789004501720 Contents Acknowledgments Figures and Table Abbreviations and Spellings Chapter 1 Introduction: Beyond the Phalanx Chapter 2 Men of Iron: Pre-Archaic Greek Warfare in Context Chapter 3 The Anatolian Roots of Archaic Greek Warfare Chapter 4 The War Dead in Archaic Sparta Chapter 5 Women, Diversity, and War off the Battlefield in Classical Greece Chapter 6 Worshipping Violence Chapter 7 Cavalry and the Character of Classical Warfare Chapter 8 ‘Not Many Bows’?: Light-Armed Fighters of the Tenth through Fourth Centuries Chapter 9 Assaults and Sieges: Rewriting the Other Side of Greek Land Warfare Chapter 10 The Western Greeks and the ‘Greek Warfare’ Narrative Chapter 11 The First Greek Soldiers in Egypt: Myths and Realities Epilogue Index "After decades of controversy, there is now a growing consensus that Greek warfare was not singular and simple, but complex and multiform. In this volume, emerging and established scholars build on this consensus to explore Greek warfare beyond its traditional focus on hoplites and the phalanx. We expand the chronological limits back into the Iron Age, the geographical limits to the central and eastern Mediterranean, and the operational limits to include cavalry, light-armed troops, and sieges. We also look beyond the battlefield at integral aspects of warfare including religion, the experiences of women, and the recovery of the war dead"-- Provided by publisher Brill’s Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx brings together emerging and established scholars to build on the new consensus of multiform Greek warfare, on and off the battlefield, beyond the usual chronological, geographical, and operational boundaries.