Alastar Hurlstone Jackson

Biographic Data

ID6407173
NAMEAlastar Hurlstone Jackson
GIVEN NAMESAlastar Hurlstone
FAMILY NAMEJackson
SIGNATUREJACKSON A H
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS1
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR1
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • War and raids for booty in the world of Odysseus

    Alastar Hurlstone Jackson, Alastar JacksonCHAPTERWar and Society in the Greek World2020

    Finley writes, was ‘a typical “war” as narrated by Nestor, a raid for booty. Even if repeated year after year, these wars remained single raids.’ A little later he says, ‘Wars and raids for booty, indistinguishable in the eyes of Odysseus’ world, were organized affairs, often involving a combination of families, occasionally even of communities’. The periods reflected in Homer’s raids for booty are uncertain, for most raids are timeless. The raid…