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The Religious Aspects of War in the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome Culture and History of the Ancient Near East Founding Editor M.H.E. Weippert Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Stökl Editors Eckart Frahm W. Randall Garr Baruch Halpern Theo P.J. van den Hout Leslie Anne Warden Irene J. Winter VOLUME 84 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/chan Ancient Warfare Edited by Anthony Spalinger Davide Nadali VOLUME 1 The Religious Aspects of War in the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome Edited by Krzysztof Ulanowski LEIDEN | BOSTON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Ulanowski, Krzysztof, editor. Title: The religious aspects of war in the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome / edited by Krzysztof Ulanowski. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016. | Series: Ancient Warfare Series ; Volume 1 | Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East, ISSN 1566-2055 ; VOLUME 84 | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016020234 (print) | LCCN 2016026678 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004324756 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004324763 (E-book) Subjects: LCSH: War—Religious aspects. | Middle East. | Greece. | Rome. Classification: LCC BL65.W2 R55 2016 (print) | LCC BL65.W2 (ebook) | DDC 201/.7273093—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016020234 Brill Open Access options can be found at brill.com/brill-open-0. Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 1566-2055 isbn 978-90-04-32475-6 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-32476-3 (e-book) Copyright 2016 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. For Niko Gilgamesh ‘Nikephoros’, my beloved son, Who has agreed to share the time destined to him, On his father’s passion for old civilisations . . . ∵ Contents List of Abbreviations xiii List and Affiliations of Contributors xix Introduction 1 Part 1 The Ancient Near East War in Mesopotamian Culture 5 Pietro Mander Some Remarks Concerning the Development of the Theology of War in Ancient Mesopotamia 23 Vladimir Sazonov Battle-Descriptions in Mesopotamian Sources I: Presargonic and Sargonic Period 51 Sebastian Fink A Comparison of the Role of Bārû and Mantis in Ancient Warfare 65 Krzysztof Ulanowski Eclipses and the Precipitation of Conflict: Deciphering the Signal to Attack 99 Micah Ross Part 2 Greece War and Religion in Ancient Greece 123 Robert Parker The Terrified Face of Alcyoneus: The Religious Character of Greek Warfare, or What about the Vanquished? 133 Bogdan Burliga
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