Early Greek warfare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20059484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis Rawlings (0000-0002-9627-7367, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ancient Greeks at War (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7765/9781847791535.00007 |
| OpenAlex | W2493574353 |
| ISBN | 9781847791535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This chapter discusses what can be discerned of the nature of Greek warfare in the Bronze and Iron Ages and analyzes what the Homeric poems have to tell us. It suggests that Mycenaean palace authorities appear to have possessed sufficiently centralised resources to supply at least some of their warriors with standard equipment and, by the thirteenth century, also appear to have been capable of organising some fighters into military units with, perhaps, distinct functions. This chapter explains that Homer's poem represented real social and military practices and his poems appears to have a distinctive and generally coherent character, where combat between large groups is dominated by brave fighters surging through the throngs of warriors to fight among the promachoi
Ancient history · Art · Bronze · Literature · Poetry · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |