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Informationen zum Autor Dr David M. Pritchard is Senior Lecturer in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. He has held research fellowships at Macquarie University, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Sydney. In 2013 Dr Pritchard was the Charles Gordon Mackay Lecturer in Greek at the University of Edinburgh. He has authored Sport, Democracy and War in Classical Athens (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and co-edited Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World (2003). He is currently finishing a monograph on public spending in democratic Athens. Klappentext Analyses how the democracy of the classical Athenians revolutionised military practices and underwrote their unprecedented commitment to war-making. Zusammenfassung Athens is famous for its democracy and its innovative culture. Not widely known are its invention of new forms of combat and strategy and its intensification of warfare. This volume studies this military revolution from multiple perspectives and considers the surprising impact of Athenian democracy on the waging of war. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The symbiosis between democracy and war: the case of ancient Athens David M. Pritchard; Part I. The Impact of Democracy on War: 2. Thucydides on Athens' democratic advantage in the Archidamian War Josiah Ober; 3. Democratizing courage in Classical Athens Ryan K. Balot; Part II. Military Innovations of the Democracy: 4. Cavalry, democracy and military thinking in Classical Athens Iain Spence; 5. Light troops in Classical Athens Matthew Trundle; Part III. The Fifth-Century Drama of War: 6. Affirming Athenian action: Euripides' portrayal of military activity and the limits of tragic instruction Sophie Mills; 7. Ridiculing a popular war: Old Comedy and militarism in Classical Athens David Konstan; Part IV. War in Fourth-Century Speeches: 8. War in the law-court: some Athenian discussions Alastair J. L. Blanshard; 9. Athenian militarism and the recourse to war Peter Hunt; Part V. Soldiers in Privately Purchased Art: 10. Democratic ideology, the events of war and the iconography of Attic funerary sculpture Robin Osborne; 11. The warrior loutrophoroi of fifth-century Athens Patricia Hannah; 12. 'I am Eurymedon': tensions and ambiguities in Athenian war imagery Margaret C. Miller; Part VI. Honouring the War Dead: 13. Commemoration of the war dead in Classical Athens: remembering defeat and victory Polly Low; 14. Aret¿ and the achievements of the war dead: the logic of praise in the Athenian funeral oration Sumio Yoshitake; 15. Epilogue: does democracy have a violent heart? John Keane....
