1st Edition

Hoplites The Classical Greek Battle Experience

Edited By Victor Davis Hanson Copyright 1993
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece.
    The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British scholars, emphasizes the actual techniques of fighting and practical concerns as the use of commands, music in warfare, the use of "dog-tags", and ritual on the battlefield.

    The men and their equipment; the environment of battle; Hoplite tradition and practice.

    Biography

    Victor Davis Hanson (Professor of Classics California State University, Fresno California State University, Fresno)