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 scholars have criticized nearly every major tenet of this
orthodoxy. Indeed, the 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. The contributors include Paul Cartledge, Lin Foxhall, John
Hale, Victor Davis Hanson, Donald Kagan, Peter Krentz, Kurt
Raaflaub, Adam Schwartz, Anthony Snodgrass, Hans van Wees, and
Gregory Viggiano.
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