Key Concept Missing in Chapter Body - 12. The Cosmology of War
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military music, e.g., the rhythmic paean of marching soldiers
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Author’s Note 2: Military Music (Athenaeus)
Athenaeus[1] reported (XIV.626–628, citing Herodotus[2] I.17) that music was used to provide rhythmic order for military maneuvers. The Spartans “march to battle with the music of flutes, the Cretans with the lyre, the Lydians with Pan’s pipes and flutes.” He added that “In ancient times music was an incitement to bravery.” There were war-dances with helmet, shield and spear, or sword (see Plato,[3] Laws, p. 815A), and a verse attributed to Socrates read “Whoso honor the gods best with dances are the best in war.”
Author’s Note 7: Military Music Continued (Snodgrass 1980)
[Anthony Snodgrass, Archaic Greece: The Age of Experiment (London: 1980), p. 106, regarding music and war:]
A Corinthian vase c. 675 BC shows a piper, “an indispensable participant in the later Spartan phalanx where his music kept the men in step, and therefore perhaps a sign of incipient phalanx tactics,”[4] as well as morale-boosting effects.
- ↑ Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists: Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus, C.D. Yonge (tr.), Vol. 3 (London: 1854), via Andrew Smith’s Attalus, Book 14, lines 626–628.
- ↑ Herodotus, The Histories, A.D. Godley (tr.) (Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1920), via Tufts University’s Perseus Digital Library Project, Book 1, Chapter 17.
- ↑ Plato, Laws. From Plato in Twelve Volumes, R.G. Bury (tr.), Vols. 10 and 11 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1967 and 1968), via Tufts University’s Perseus Digital Library Project, p. 815a.
- ↑ Anthony Snodgrass, Archaic Greece: The Age of Experiment (London: 1980), p. 106.
