CLST 200 Lecture 15: CLST 200 Lecture 15

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 200
• Professor: George Bevan

Document Summary

Notion of philia (friendship) or xenia (hospitality) is that reciprocate hospitality between states, but this can be broken off, not permanent relationship. Accelerating series of gifts offered back and forth, but this ritual grouping can end, this contrasts with roman state, patronage applies to life to client. Once start increasing supply lines, donkeys, etc. then have feed those animals as well, and declining returns, large army, to supply fighting men have to have enormous supply train. No maps, relied on local informants that they paid off, problem in ancient warfare, if had bad guy could lead you into trap. Had to select a place to fight against persians, lots of bottlenecks to select, place in tempe, in thessaly (northern greece) thought to be first defence, thessaly played both sides and forced to. Sparatans (demographic pressures), not enormous amount of troops, not willing to risk everything in defence of thermopylae. Breaking point of armies number of casualties important concept of warfare.