Table of Contents
Contents: Series preface; Introduction; Part I Archaic Warfare: 750-500 BC: The 'hoplite reform' revisited, A.M. Snodgrass; Ephorus and the prohibition of missiles, Everett L. Wheeler; The Zulus and the Spartans: a comparison of their military systems, W.S. Ferguson; Early Greek land warfare as symbolic expression, W.R. Connor; Fighting by the rules: the invention of the hoplite agôn, Peter Krentz. Part II Religious, Social, Economic and Legal Aspects: Religious scruples in ancient warfare, M.D. Goodman and A.J. Holladay; The hoplite as citizen: Athenian military institutions in their social context, Ronald T. Ridley; Warfare and agriculture: the economic impact of devastation in classical Greece, James A. Thorne; Akeryktos Polemos (Herodotus V.81), J.L. Myres; Crossing Greek frontiers under arms, D.J. Mosley. Part III Classical Hoplite Battle: The general as hoplite, Everett L. Wheeler; Klope polemou: 'theft' in ancient Greek warfare, David Whitehead; On the possibility of reconstructing Marathon and other ancient battles, N. Whatley; Othismos: the importance of the mass-shove in hoplite warfare, Robert D. Luginbill; Hector's body: mutilation of the dead in ancient Greece and Vietnam, Lawrence A. Tritle; Casualties in hoplite battles, Peter Krentz. Part IV Peloponnesian War: 431-404 BC: Perikles and the defence of Attika during the Peloponnesian War, I.G. Spence; The progress of Epiteichismos, H.D. Westlake; Thucydides and Spartan strategy in the Archidamian war, Thomas Kelly; Brasidas - great commander or whiz kid? Graham Wylie. Part V Age of Xenophon and Epaminondas: 400-362 BC: Xenophon's theory of leadership, Neal Wood; Identity and community among Greek mercenaries in the classical world, Matthew F. Trundle; On the origin of scythed chariots, Alexander K. Nefiodkin; Epameinondas, The Battle of Leuktra (371 BC) and the 'revolution' in Greek battle tactics, Victor Hanson; Name index.
