Warfare and Society in Ancient Greece

Lecture 5

The birth of the hoplite I

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Mediterranean trade routes

The Spartan constitution (rhetra)

Dark-age armour

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(Pre)-hoplite armour from Argos (ca. 725)

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(Pre)-hoplite armour from Argos (ca. 725)

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(Pre)-hoplite armour from Argos (ca. 725)

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Conrinthian helmet, first half VII cent. B.C.

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Conrinthian helmet, second half VII cent. B.C.

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Double-grip shield

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Double-grip shield

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Tower shield with single grip

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Earliest hoplite scene:McMillan aryballos(mid-VII cent.)

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Earliest hoplite scene:McMillan aryballos(mid-VII cent.)

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Earliest hoplite scene:McMillan aryballos(mid-VII cent.)

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The Chigi vase

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The Chigi vase

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Hoplite statuettesfrom Sparta

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Hoplite statuettesfrom Sparta

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Sparta, Menelaion

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Carving plaques on ivory bones from the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia (late VII cent.)

Mycenaean and hoplite swords

Mycenaean and hoplite swords

Mycenaean and hoplite swords

Louvre E 876

Mycenaean and hoplite swords

Louvre E 876

Louvre E 876

Sixth-century hoplite procession