Greek Warfare

Lee L. Brice, PhD, is professor of history at Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, where he has taught for eight years, after completing his doctorate at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This is a small but highly usable and readable encyclopedia for novice enthusiasts and lay researchers.

• IntroductionThe Entries, A–XAegospotami, Battle ofAgesilaus IIAgis IIIAlcibiadesAlexander the GreatAmphipolisAnabasisAntipaterArtemisium Battles ofArtilleryAthensBactriaBrasidasCavalry GreekCavalry PersianChaeronea Battle ofCimonCleonConon of AthensCorinthCorinth League ofCorinthian WarDarius IDarius IIIDelian LeagueDelium Battle ofDionysius IEpameinondasEurymedon River Battle ofGaugamela Battle ofGaza Siege ofGranicus River Battle ofGreco-Persian Wars Causes ofGreco-Persian Wars Consequences ofGreco-Persian Wars OverviewHellenic AllianceHerodotusHydaspes Battle of theIonian RevoltIphicratesIssus Battle ofJason of PheraeKing's PeaceLeuctra, Battle ofLong WallsLysanderMacedonMantinea Battles ofMarathon Battle ofMardoniusMercenariesMiltiades the YoungerMutinyMycale Battle ofNiciasPelopidasPeloponnesian LeaguePeloponnesian War Causes ofPeloponnesian War Consequences ofPeloponnesian War OverviewPeltastsPenteconterPericlesPersian EmpirePhalanx HoplitePhalanx MacedonianPhilip II of MacedonPiraeusPlataea Battle ofSacred WarsSalamis, Battle ofSecond Athenian LeagueSicilySicily Athenian Expedition AgainstSpartaSphacteriaStrategosThebesThemistoclesThermopylae Battle ofThucydidesTimoleonTraining MilitaryTriremeTyre Siege ofWars of Alexander the Great, Causes ofWars of Alexander the Great, Consequences ofWars of Alexander the Great, OverviewXenophonXerxes IDocuments1. Herodotus, Account of the Battle of Marathon2. Mardonius, the Persian General, on Greek Warfare3. Herodotus, Account of the Battle of Thermopylae4. Herodotus, Account of Cavalry and Light Infantry versus Hoplites at the Battle of Plataea5. Thucydides, Account of the Naval Battles of Patrae and Naupactus6. Thucydides, Account of the Battle of Delium7. Thucydides, Account of the First Battle of Mantinea8. Thucydides, Account of a Naval Battle at Syracuse9. Xenophon, Account of the Battle of Lechaion10. Xenophon, Account of the Battle of Leuctra11. Xenophon, Account of the Second Battle of Mantinea12. Diodorus Siculus and Polyaenus, Accounts of the Battle of Chaeronea13. Arrian, Account of the Battle of Granicus River14. Arrian, Account of the Naval Action during the Siege of Tyre15. Arrian, Account of the Battle of Issus16. Arrian, Account of the Battle of Gaugamela17. Arrian, Account of the Battle of the Hydaspes RiverChronologyGlossaryBibliographyEditors and ContributorsCategorical IndexIndex