Our ancient wars : rethinking war through the classics / edited by Victor Caston and Silke-Maria Weineck

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere Personen: Caston, Victor (HerausgeberIn), Weineck, Silke-Maria (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Rethinking the ancient, in view of the modern
  • Genocide in archaic and classical Greece / Hans van Wees
  • Lysistrata and war's impact on the home front / Kurt A. Raaflaub
  • "War guilt," "national character," "inevitable forces," and the problematic historiography of "unnecessary wars" / David Potter
  • Socrates' military service / S. Sara Monoson
  • Rethinking the modern, in view of the ancient
  • Moral injury, damage, and repair / Nancy Sherman
  • War as education / Paul Woodruff
  • Deciding to go to war: who is responsible? / Arlene W. Saxonhouse
  • Combat trauma and the tragic stage: ancient culture and modern catharsis / Peter Meineck
  • Other moderns, other ancients
  • War, what is it good for in Homer's Iliad and four receptions? / Seth L. Schein
  • Modern Achilles: the beauty of war and the battle of the sexes / Susanne Gödde
  • "I am Spartacus": ancient war and slavery in the movies / Page Dubois
  • Epilogue: distances / Silke-Maria Weineck