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

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online resource

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9780472121595

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U33 .O973 2016

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Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	U33 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn938557069

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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