The rape of Troy : evolution, violence, and the world of Homer / Jonathan Gottschall.
2008
PA4037 .G68 2008eb
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Title
The rape of Troy : evolution, violence, and the world of Homer / Jonathan Gottschall.
Author
ISBN
0511387040 (electronic bk.)
9780511387043 (electronic bk.)
9780511388033 (electronic bk.)
0511388039 (electronic bk.)
9780511384172 (electronic bk.)
0511384173 (electronic bk.)
9780511380198
0511380194
0521690471 (Paper)
0521870380 (Cloth)
9780521870382 (hardback)
9780521690478 (pbk.)
9780511387043 (electronic bk.)
9780511388033 (electronic bk.)
0511388039 (electronic bk.)
9780511384172 (electronic bk.)
0511384173 (electronic bk.)
9780511380198
0511380194
0521690471 (Paper)
0521870380 (Cloth)
9780521870382 (hardback)
9780521690478 (pbk.)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 223 pages)
Call Number
PA4037 .G68 2008eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)249077337
Summary
A highly innovative study analysing Homeric conflict from the perspective of modern evolutionary biology.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-217) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Rebuilding Homer's Greece; Chapter 2 A short ethnography of Homeric society; Chapter 3 Why do men fight? The evolutionary biology and anthropology of male violence; Chapter 4 What launched the 1,186 ships?; Chapter 5 Status warriors; Chapter 6 Homeric women: re-imagining the fitness landscape; Chapter 7 Homer's missing daughters; Chapter 8 The Prisoner's Dilemma and the mystery of tragedy; Conclusion: Between lions and men; Appendix: Dating Homeric society; Notes; Works cited; Index.
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Print version: Gottschall, Jonathan. Rape of Troy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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