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Chariots in late bronze age Greece
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The long-standing debate on the military use of chariots in Late Bronze Age Greece was joined in 1973 by P. A. L. Greenhalgh. In his provocative book, he argued that Mycenaean warriors using thrusting spears had fought at speed from massed chariots. At the same time he rejected as unrealistic Homer's descriptions of chariots as conveyances for warriors who dismounted to fight on foot.These opinions were recently briefly restated in ANTIQUITY, where Dr Greenhalgh reaffirms his theory, using the well-known metal panoply from chamber tomb 12 at Dendra as additional evidence (Greenhalgh, 1980). In doing so, he disregards the objections that have been raised against his position (Littauer, 1977; Anderson, 1973; 1975).
Title: Chariots in late bronze age Greece
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The long-standing debate on the military use of chariots in Late Bronze Age Greece was joined in 1973 by P.
A.
L.
Greenhalgh.
In his provocative book, he argued that Mycenaean warriors using thrusting spears had fought at speed from massed chariots.
At the same time he rejected as unrealistic Homer's descriptions of chariots as conveyances for warriors who dismounted to fight on foot.
These opinions were recently briefly restated in ANTIQUITY, where Dr Greenhalgh reaffirms his theory, using the well-known metal panoply from chamber tomb 12 at Dendra as additional evidence (Greenhalgh, 1980).
In doing so, he disregards the objections that have been raised against his position (Littauer, 1977; Anderson, 1973; 1975).
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