Our ancient wars : rethinking war through the classics /

Our ancient wars : rethinking war through the classics / edited by Victor Caston and Silke-Maria Weineck. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, (c)2016.. - 1 online resource (289 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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



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War (Philosophy)
War and civilization.


Electronic Books.

U33 / .O973 2016