Warfare was only one form of the violence that had a profound
impact on Archaic and Classical Greek society, literature and
government. This important series of thirteen papers, from a
seminar held in London in 1998, places private and public conflict
within its wider context. The papers are divided into five
sections: causes of war, forms of violence within the polis, beyond
the classical phalanx, war and rebellion, and continuities in
Hellenistic warfare. Chapters describe social violence, as in
Sparta, full-scale warfare on land and at sea, the representation
of warfare in Greek epic and Hellenistic military leadership.
Papers also examine the practicalities of Greek warfare, such as
the use of deception as a tactic, and the significant influence of
religion in warfare, including sacrifices before a battle and the
role of Athena, who symbolised everything that the Greeks thought
good about war. Contributors: J E Lendon, Jonathan Shay, Simon
Hornblower, Nick Fisher, Hans van Wees, Peter Krentz, Victor Davis
Hanson, Louis Rawlings, Barry S Strauss, Susan Deacy, Robert
Parker, Paul Beston and John Ma.
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