ECH 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Greco-Persian Wars, Hoplite, Iliad
15 Dec 2020
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Trojan war: paris, prince of troy, abducts helen, wife of menelaus of sparta (where it begins, greeks send an army to attack troy and besiege it for 10 years. The iliad: achille"s sulks after agamemnon takes his slave girl, achille"s friend patroclus is killed by hector, achilles kills hector. Heroic warfare heroes fight for glory. Agonistic society (i. e. competitive) competition for status. War = means for glory and status. Combat = more 1v1, less formation, little team effort. Relatively little concern for: material profit (resources, money, conquest of territory (territory rarely changed hands at the end of a war) More concern for : security (continuous struggle for greek states, struggle for balance of power leads to war, status (of a city state or individuals within) External war between greece and persia in 490 bc and 480 bc. 490 bc : athenians won and conquered the persians. Macedon (philip ii) v thebes + athens (macedon won)
