HIST 3009 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hoplite, Political Philosophy, Western Canon
29 Jan 2015
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Any male writing at this time has been in battle. Giving an account of persian war, written in prose. Contemporaries at the same time of an event or a little before their time. Thucydides general in war thought it was the greatest battle ever so he wrote about it. Xenophon also a general and continued the history of thucydides after his death. Political philosophy written on states, and the governing of the state and their idea of an ideal state (which includes warfare) Citizen will fight with male relevant to preparation of the citizens (male) to be educated to be useful in their public lives - military or political duty. Manuals/treaties specifically on military subjects - xenophon treatises how to for the calvary, technical manuals on warfare. How to survive a siege - for attack and defense 100"s of these written in antiquity and most wrote by generals.
