Contents
Introduction - Victor Caston
Part I: Rethinking the Ancient, in View of the Modern
Genocide in Archaic and Classical Greece - Hans van Wees
Lysistrata and War’s Impact on the Home Front - Kurt A. Raaflaub
“War Guilt,” “National Character,” “Inevitable Forces,” and the Problematic Historiography of “Unnecessary Wars” - David Potter
Socrates’ Military Service - S. Sara Monoson
Part II: Rethinking the Modern, in View of the Ancient
Moral Injury, Damage, and Repair - Nancy Sherman
War as Education - Paul Woodruff
Deciding to Go to War: Who Is Responsible? - Arlene W. Saxonhouse
Combat Trauma and the Tragic Stage: Ancient Culture and Modern Catharsis? - Peter Meineck
Part III: Other Moderns, Other Ancients
“War, What Is It Good For?” in Homer’s Iliad and Four Receptions - Seth L. Schein
Modern Achilles: The Beauty of War and the Battle of the Sexes - Susanne Gödde
“I Am Spartacus”: Ancient War and Slavery in the Movies - Page duBois
Epilogue: Distances - Silke-Maria Weineck
Contributors
Index