The Joy of Sacks: A New Theory of Homeric Warfare
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Date
2005-05-18
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Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Abstract
Our usual image of Homeric warriors is of men who loved the battlefield but we
overlook the big role played in Homeric warfare by sacking cities for fun and
profit. The first warriors of the western tradition were less soldiers and more
pirates than we generally care to admit. Chivalry and battle-lust are elements
in Homer but so are greed and the glory brought by material goods. And
Homeric warriors thought nothing of making war on unarmed civilian cattleherders
while treating women as so much war loot. If we are all Greeks than
we may all be more Vikings than we care to admit.
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Keywords
Homeric, warfare