CONTENTS
Introduction - Hans van Wees
Abbreviations
PART 1. CAUSES OF WAR
1. Homeric vengeance and the outbreak of Greek wars - J.E. Lendon
2. Killing rage: physis or nomos or both? - Jonathan Shay
PART II. FORMS OF VIOLENCE WITHIN THE POLIS
3. Sticks, stones, and Spartans: the sociology of Spartan violence
- Simon Hornblower
4. Hybris, revenge and stasis in the Greek city-states - Nick
Fisher
PART III. BEYOND THE CLASSICAL PHALANX
5. The development of the hoplite phalanx: iconography and reality
in the seventh century - Hans van Wees
6. Deception in archaic and classical Greek warfare - Peter Krentz
7. Hoplite battle as ancient Greek warfare: when, where and why?
- Victor Davis Hanson
8. Alternative agonies: hoplite martial and combat experiences beyond
the phalanx - Louis Rawlings
9. Perspectives on the death of fifth-century Athenian seamen -
Barry S. Strauss
PART IV. WAR AND RELIGION
10. Athena and Ares: war, violence and warlike deities - Susan
Deacy
11. Sacrifice and battle - Robert Parker
PART V. CONTINUITIES IN HELLENISTIC WARFARE
12. Hellenistic military leadership - Paul Beston
13. Fighting poleis of the hellenistic world - John Ma
Index
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