Greek Chariot-Borne and Mounted Infantry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4542689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J K Anderson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 175-187 |
| Publication date | 1975-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/503478 |
| OpenAlex | W2330706852 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article attempts to answer criticism of the writer's paper on "Homeric, British and Cyrenaic Chariots," published in AJA 69 (1965) 349-52. It presents at greater length the literary evidence for historic parallels to "Homeric" chariotry—that is, for the use of chariots as transports for heavily armed soldiers who normally fought on foot. The theory that Homer's chariots are a heroic convention, superimposed upon stories that really assume the existence of cavalry or of mounted infantry, is examined and opposed, with special reference to the problems raised by the fortification of the Achaean camp and the episode of the horses of Rhesus. It is argued that the Homeric evidence (including the rare mentions of riding in the epic) is consistent with the actual conditions of Greek warfare during the Geometric period, but (chiefly on the evidence of archaic vase-painting) the view that chariot-borne heroes were replaced during the seventh century B.C. by mounted hoplites is supported. The article discusses the recent literature of the various problems raised, and also examines older discussions to which the writer was unable to do justice in his earlier paper
Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Archaeology · Archaic period · Art · Chariot · EPIC · Infantry · Literature · Parallels · Topos theory · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Engineering · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
The Classical Greek Experience
Warfare in ancient literature
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Warfare and the state
Reconstructing ancient warfare
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War and society
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International relations
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The modern historiography of ancient warfare
War and society
The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare
Military secrecy in antiquity and early medieval Europe
Homeric Hymn to Apollo, Lines 231–238 (The Onchestos Episode)
Mourning Deaths and Endangering Lives
Chariots in late bronze age Greece
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1920 - 2014 (95) |
| Highly cited | No |