A Companion to Greek Warfare

Edited by Christer Henriksén

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Edited by

Waldemar Heckel

University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta

F.S. Naiden

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina

E. Edward Garvin

University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta

John Vanderspoel

University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta

This edition first published 2021

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Names: Heckel, Waldemar, 1949- author. | Garvin, E. Edward (Erin Edward), author. | Vanderspoel, John, 1954- author. | Naiden, F. S., author.

Title: A companion to Greek warfare / edited by Waldemar Heckeln, F. S. Naiden, E. Edward Garvin, John Vanderspoel

Description: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2021. | Series: Blackwell companions to the Ancient World | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The first part of the book, a “Historical Survey,” focuses on changing issues in strategy and grand strategy-on Greek motives, goals, and responses to military success and failure, the Macedonians, Persians, Romans, and Carthaginians being given due weight. These five chapters cover chronological fundamentals, but deal with modalities and patterns more than with campaigns, and with campaigns more than with battles. Johannes Heinrichs, in “Bronze Age and Early Greek Wars,” sees Mycenaean warfare in terms of “the centralized organization of life,” then deals with Homer as evidence of an ideological rather than sociological character. Among late Archaic Wars, Sparta’s efforts to dominate the southern Peloponnesus illustrate a grand strategy that evolves from annexation to domination. The next chapter, Sabine Müller’s “The Persian Wars to Alexander,” gives a holistic account of the conflicts between the Achaemenids and both the Greeks and Macedonians, one that dismantles propaganda and rationalizations in order to demonstrate interdependence as well as rivalry. Frances Pownall’s chapter on “Internal Wars from the ‘First Peloponnesian War’ to Chaeronea“ covers much the same period but centers on alliance systems and spheres of influence; one after another, the Greeks states failed to implement strategies that would that would do more collective good than harm. She emphasizes Persia’s role in this sequence of events”--Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020047069 (print) | LCCN 2020047070 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119438816 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119438830 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119438823 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119438854 (epub) | ISBN 9781119438847 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Military art and science--Greece--History--To 500. | Greece--History, Military--To 146 B.C. | Military art and science--History--To 500. | Military history, Ancient.

Classification: LCC U33 .H43 2021 (print) | LCC U33 (ebook) | DDC 355.020938--dc23

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2 Series page BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises approximately twenty-five and forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The essays are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of scholars, students, and general readers.

3 Title page A COMPANION TO GREEK WARFARE Edited by Waldemar Heckel University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta F.S. Naiden University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina E. Edward Garvin University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta John Vanderspoel University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta

4 Copyright

5 Notes on Contributors

6 Abbreviations and Short Titles

7 List of Maps and Figures

8 Introduction

9 Part 1: Historical Survey Chapter 1: Bronze Age and Early Greek Wars Chapter 2: The Persian Wars to Alexander Chapter 3: Internal Wars from the “First Peloponnesian War” to Chaeronea Chapter 4: Hellenistic Land Warfare Chapter 5: Greek Warfare in Sicily

10 Part 2: Military Operations Chapter 6: The Nature of Hoplite Warfare Chapter 7: Cavalry Battle in Greece and the Hellenistic East Chapter 8: Siege Warfare

11 Part III: Military Personnel Chapter 9: The Organization of Greek Armies Chapter 10: Generalship Chapter 11: Greek Camps and Camp Followers Chapter 12: Greeks in Foreign Service: The Case of the Achaemenid Empire