Who Wrote Kromayer’s Survey of Greek Warfare?
Johannes Kromayer and Georg Veith’s handbook on Greek and Roman warfare (1928) has long been regarded as the epitome of older German scholarship on ancient military history. However, Kromayer’s contribution on Greek warfare borrows extensively from Adolf Bauer’s earlier edition, written for the s...
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History of Classical Scholarship
2020-04-01
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| Series: | History of Classical Scholarship |
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| Online Access: | https://www.hcsjournal.org/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/40 |
| Summary: | Johannes Kromayer and Georg Veith’s handbook on Greek and Roman warfare (1928) has long been regarded as the epitome of older German scholarship on ancient military history. However, Kromayer’s contribution on Greek warfare borrows extensively from Adolf Bauer’s earlier edition, written for the same series (1893). Modern scholars still cite and praise Kromayer’s text, unaware that nearly half of it is not his. This article offers a guide to Kromayer’s handbook, showing which parts can be considered contemporary original work, and which reflect scholarship that was already 35 years old at the time.
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| ISSN: | 2632-4091 |