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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Greek warfare"”.
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Oracular prophecy and psychology in Ancient Greek warfare.
… examines the role of oracular divination in warfare in archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greece, and assesses the extent to which it affected the psychology and military decision-making of ancient Greek poleis. By using a wide range of ancient literary, epigraphical, archaeological and …
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Animals in ancient Greek warfare : a study of the elephant, camel, and dog
… animals into the broader context of ancient warfare through the use of human-animal studies, zoological research, archaeological studies, and careful historical analysis, proving their impact in the Greco Macedonian military. I contend that the war elephant's tactical significance is …
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Armies, Navies and Economies in the Greek World in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.
… a category of data--the logistics of classical Greek warfare--that has not been used before for ancient Greek economic history. This examination provides much new evidence for Greek economies in the fifth and fourth centuries. Close readings of contemporary literary evidence--especially …
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Archilochus, Telephus, and the warrior ethos
This thesis offers a reinterpretation of the martial fragments of the archaic poet Archilochus. Drawing particularly upon a fresh analysis of the new Telephus-fragment (P. Oxy. LXIX 4708), it is argued that the poet consistently advocates an ethos of cautious courage, in accordance with which every …