Military Leaders and Sacred Space in Classical Greek Warfare: Temples, Sanctuaries and Conflict in Antiquity

by Sonya Nevin

Book Overview

The ancient Greeks attributed great importance to the sacred during war and campaigning, as demonstrated from their earliest texts. Among the first four lines of the Iliad, for example, is a declaration that Apollo began the feud between Achilles and Agamemnon and sent a plague upon the Greek army because its leader, Agamemnon, had mistreated Apollo's priest. In this first in-depth study of the attitude of military commanders towards holy ground,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784532851
• ISBN13: 9781784532857
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.6"