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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Part II Homeric World
- Introduction
- Homeric Communities
- Homeric Religion
- Homer and History
- Homeric Geography
- Homeric Materiality
- Key Topics
- Afterlife in Homer
- Assemblies and Councils
- Athletic Competition
- Basileus and Anax in Homer and Mycenaean Greek Texts
- Blegen, Carl
- Boars’ Tusk Helmets
- Burial Practices
- Catalogue of Ships: Archaeology
- Catalogue of Ships: Literary Aspects
- Class Relations
- The Literary Tradition of Destruction of Cities
- Divine Epiphany in Homer
- Family and Marriage in Homer
- Feasting and Drinking in Homer
- Archaeology of Hero Cults
- Hittite Literary Evidence
- Homeric Archaeology
- Homeric Economy
- Household Organization
- Lefkandi
- Mycenae
- Nestor’s Cup
- Nostoi
- Offerings in Homer
- Personification in Homer
- Prayers and Vows
- Pylos
- Religious Festivals in Homer
- Schliemann, Heinrich
- Shield of Achilles
- Slavery in Homer and Hesiod
- Supplication in Homer
- Troy and Its Treasures
- Warfare in Homer
- Warrior Graves
- Weapons and Armor
- Women in Homer
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
Weapons and Armor
from Key Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Part II Homeric World
- Introduction
- Homeric Communities
- Homeric Religion
- Homer and History
- Homeric Geography
- Homeric Materiality
- Key Topics
- Afterlife in Homer
- Assemblies and Councils
- Athletic Competition
- Basileus and Anax in Homer and Mycenaean Greek Texts
- Blegen, Carl
- Boars’ Tusk Helmets
- Burial Practices
- Catalogue of Ships: Archaeology
- Catalogue of Ships: Literary Aspects
- Class Relations
- The Literary Tradition of Destruction of Cities
- Divine Epiphany in Homer
- Family and Marriage in Homer
- Feasting and Drinking in Homer
- Archaeology of Hero Cults
- Hittite Literary Evidence
- Homeric Archaeology
- Homeric Economy
- Household Organization
- Lefkandi
- Mycenae
- Nestor’s Cup
- Nostoi
- Offerings in Homer
- Personification in Homer
- Prayers and Vows
- Pylos
- Religious Festivals in Homer
- Schliemann, Heinrich
- Shield of Achilles
- Slavery in Homer and Hesiod
- Supplication in Homer
- Troy and Its Treasures
- Warfare in Homer
- Warrior Graves
- Weapons and Armor
- Women in Homer
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Weapons and armor are significant objects in the Homeric epics as well as in the archaeological record of Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Greece. The relationship between these objects in these time periods and their archaeological contexts suggests as much about early Greek society as it does about warfare.
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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer , pp. 402 - 404Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020