Warfare and Society in Ancient Greece

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Warfare and Society in Ancient Greece
Lecture 8 The Persian War and the development of
Greek warfare
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Herodotus 1,137 When one man meets another on
the road, it is easy to see if the two are
equals for, if they are, they kiss each other on
the lips without speaking if the difference in
rank is small, the cheek is kissed if it is
great, the humbler bows and does obeisance to the
other. They honor most of all those who live
nearest them, next those who are next nearest,
and so going ever onwards they assign honor by
this rule those who dwell farthest off they hold
least honorable of all for they think that they
are themselves in all regards by far the best of
all men, that the rest have only a proportionate
claim to merit, until those who live farthest
away have least merit of all. Under the rule of
the Medes, one tribe would even govern another
the Medes held sway over all alike and especially
over those who lived nearest to them these ruled
their neighbors, and the neighbors in turn those
who came next to them, on the same scheme by
which the Persians assign honor for the nation
kept advancing its rule and dominion.
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