Description
This study assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the Greek experience of war. The author has carefully selected key texts, many of them not previously available in English, and provided them with commentaries. For the Greek polis, warfare was a more usual state of affairs than peace. The documents assembled here recreate the social and historical framework in which ancient Greek warfare took place - over a period of more than a thousand years from the Homeric Age to Alexander the Great. Special attention is paid to the attitudes and feelings of the Greek towards defeated peoples and captured cities. Complete with notes, index and bibliography, this work provides students of ancient and military history with an survey of relevant materials. Review: ... Sage has provided a useful supplementary text for classes in which ancient military history is a component . - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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