Examines the impact of war on Greek society from Homeric times to the age of Alexander and his successors. Discusses the causes and profits of war, links between war, piracy, slavery and trade and the ideology of warfare in literature and art.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 1995-06-29
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Edition: 1
Series: Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..