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Battle and Battle Description in Homer
A Contribution to the History of War

Ancient Greek, German · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Dr Albracht was one of the scholars who worked on Ebeling's Homeric Lexicon (successive editions from 1871). He published the first part of Kampf und Kampfschilderung bei Homer in 1886 when he was teaching at the prestigious Schulpforte in eastern Germany, the second in 1895 when he was headmaster of the nearby cathedral grammar school at Naumburg an der Saale. Klappentext Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the "Iliad", in two parts: Part 1 the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part 2 protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout he offers the reader explanations of the details of the battle narrative. Vorwort Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the "Illiad", in two parts. Throughout he offers the reader explanations of the details of the battle narrative. Zusammenfassung Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the "Iliad", in two parts: Part 1 the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part 2 protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout he offers the reader explanations of the details of the battle narrative.

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Dr Albracht was one of the scholars who worked on Ebeling's Homeric Lexicon (successive editions from 1871). He published the first part of Kampf und Kampfschilderung bei Homer in 1886 when he was teaching at the prestigious Schulpforte in eastern Germany, the second in 1895 when he was headmaster of the nearby cathedral grammar school at Naumburg an der Saale.


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Assisted by Malcolm Willcock (Editor), Peter Jones (Editor), Gabriele Wright (Translation), Malcolm Willock (Translation), Malcolm (Professor Willock (Translation), Peter Jones (Translation), Jones Peter (Translation), Wright Gabriele (Translation)
Authors Albracht Franz, Franz Albracht
Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 26.02.2004
Subject Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity
 
EAN 9780715632413
ISBN 978-0-7156-3241-3
Pages 224
Dimensions (packing) 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm
 
Subjects HISTORY / Military / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Battles & campaigns, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Battles and campaigns
 

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