A Companion to Greek Warfare

Provides a broad and deep exploration of ancient Greek and Macedonian warfare

A Companion to Greek Warfare is an authoritative survey of all major areas in the field of Greek and Macedonian military history, covering diverse operational, economic, social, psychological, and cultural aspects of ancient warfare. Bringing together essays by both international authorities and young scholars, this edited volume exposes readers to alternative views and original interpretations in a host of old and new topics.

Wide in scope, the book presents thematically organized chapters that explore the nature of Greek warfare, military training, discipline, and organization, the economics, pathology, and psychology of war, and depictions of war in Greek art and literature. Entire chapters deal with neglected topics such as espionage, propaganda, war crimes, emotional trauma, the role of women in warfare, Greeks in foreign service, and the armies and methods of the Greeks' and the Macedonians' opponents. Presenting a uniquely wide range of topics and contexts, this volume:

• Features contributions from ancient historians and scholars, including archaeologists, naval historians, and other specialists
• Offers broad chronological and geographical coverage, including the Bronze Age and early Greek wars, the Persian Wars, the campaigns of Alexander, and the wars in Sicily
• Edited by internationally recognized experts in early Greek prosopography, warfare, and military history; Macedonian warfare and military history; Greek law and customs; and the history of scholarship in the field of Greek warfare

Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series, A Companion to Greek Warfare is an important resource for instructors, students, and scholars in all fields of ancient Greek history, particularly military history, and the perfect addition to the library of any general reader with interest in ancient military history.

Waldemar Heckel is Research Fellow, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, Canada, where he taught numerous courses in Greek and Hellenistic history over his thirty-six-year career in the Department of Classics. He has published, edited, and co-edited more than 20 books, including Who’s Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander’s Empire.

F. S. Naiden is Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He is author of Soldier, Priest, and God: A Life of Alexander the Great and Smoke Signals for the Gods: Ancient Greek Sacrifice from the Archaic through the Roman Periods, as well as numerous other publications in the fields of Greek law, Greek religion, and Greek relations with the ancient Near East.

E. Edward Garvin is Lecturer, History & Classics, University of Alberta, Canada. He is co-editor of Greece, Macedon and Persia: Studies in Social, Political and Military History in Honour of Waldemar Heckel, and has worked in the production of other volumes as an editorial consultant. Most recently, Garvin contributed several articles to ABC Clio’s Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social and Military Encyclopedia.

John Vanderspoel is Professor Emeritus of Greek & Roman Studies, Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary, Canada. He has published numerous articles and chapters on ancient history, primarily the late Roman world, but also on the Roman Empire generally, Republican Rome and Roman Macedonia. He is author of Themistius and the Imperial Court and co-editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization.