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  1. The psychology of the Athenian hoplite
    the culture of combat in classical Athens
    Author: Crowley, Jason
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; Madrid ; Cape Town ; Singapore ; São Paulo ; Delhi ; Mexiko City

    Throughout the Classical period, the Athenian hoplite demonstrated an unwavering willingness to close with and kill the enemies of Athens, whenever and wherever he was required to do so. Yet, despite his pugnacity, he was not a professional soldier;... more

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    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Throughout the Classical period, the Athenian hoplite demonstrated an unwavering willingness to close with and kill the enemies of Athens, whenever and wherever he was required to do so. Yet, despite his pugnacity, he was not a professional soldier; he was an untrained amateur who was neither forced into battle nor adequately remunerated for the risks he faced in combat. As such, when he took his place in the phalanx, when he met his enemy, when he fought, killed and died, he did so largely as an act of will. By applying modern theories of combat motivation, this book seeks to understand that will, to explore the psychology of the Athenian hoplite and to reveal how that impressive warrior repeatedly stifled his fears, mustered his courage and willingly plunged himself into the ferocious savagery of close-quarters battle

     
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781139105767
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    RVK Categories: NH 6890
    Subjects: Geschichte; Soldiers / Greece / Psychology; Soldiers / Greece / History / To 1500; Military art and science / Greece / History / To 1500; Psychology, Military; Psychologie; Motivation; Hoplit
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  2. The psychology of the Athenian hoplite
    the culture of combat in classical Athens
    Author: Crowley, Jason
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; Madrid ; Cape Town ; Singapore ; São Paulo ; Delhi ; Mexiko City

    Throughout the Classical period, the Athenian hoplite demonstrated an unwavering willingness to close with and kill the enemies of Athens, whenever and wherever he was required to do so. Yet, despite his pugnacity, he was not a professional soldier;... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Throughout the Classical period, the Athenian hoplite demonstrated an unwavering willingness to close with and kill the enemies of Athens, whenever and wherever he was required to do so. Yet, despite his pugnacity, he was not a professional soldier; he was an untrained amateur who was neither forced into battle nor adequately remunerated for the risks he faced in combat. As such, when he took his place in the phalanx, when he met his enemy, when he fought, killed and died, he did so largely as an act of will. By applying modern theories of combat motivation, this book seeks to understand that will, to explore the psychology of the Athenian hoplite and to reveal how that impressive warrior repeatedly stifled his fears, mustered his courage and willingly plunged himself into the ferocious savagery of close-quarters battle

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781139105767
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: NH 6890
    Subjects: Geschichte; Soldiers / Greece / Psychology; Soldiers / Greece / History / To 1500; Military art and science / Greece / History / To 1500; Psychology, Military; Psychologie; Motivation; Hoplit
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 240 Seiten), Illustrationen