Religion & Classical Warfare: Archaic and Classical Greece

✍ Scribed by Matthew Dillon; Christopher Matthew; Michael Schmitz

Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 346
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception.

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Ares, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Archaic and Classical Greek world.

Aspects considered in depth will include: Greek writers on religion and war; declarations of war; fate and predestination, the sphagia and pre-battle sacrifices; omens, oracles and portents, trophies and dedications to cult centers; militarized deities; sacred truces and festivals; oaths and vows; religion & Greek military medicine.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book Title
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Co
ntents
Abbreviations of Ancient Sources
Abbreviations of Modern Works
Spelling of Ancient Names and Terms
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: New Perspectives on Classical Greek Religion and
Warfare
Chapter 1:
Religion and Warfare in Herodotus, Thucydides
and Xenophon
Chapter 2:
The Role of Religion in Declarations of War in
Archaic and Classical Greece
Chapter 3:
Omens, Oracles and Portents: Divine Guidance in
Warfare
Chapter 4:
Oaths and Vows: Binding the Gods to One’s Military
Success
Chapter 5:
Sacred Truces and Festivals Interrupting War:
Piety or Manipulation?
Chapter 6:
Militarizing the Divine: The Bellicosity of the
Greek Gods
Chapter 7:
Epiphanies in Classical and Hellenistic Warfare
Chapter 8:
Fate, Predestination and the Mindset of the Greek
Hoplite in Battle
Chapter 9:
Thanking the Gods and Declaring Victory: Trophies
and Dedications in Classical Greek Warfare
Chapter 10:
Magic and Religion in Military Medicine of Classical Greece
Index
Back Cover

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