This paper deals with some basic aspects of the Homeric way of war. It argues that the mainmotive for a war in the Homeric world was to accumulate wealth. There were two kinds of war: one was wars thatcalled by individual strongmen, and the Othor Was the wars between communities. In different wars, the ways of organizing armies were different. As to the employment of the chariots, this paper argues that even though it was common in the Homeric wars, it was neither absolutely necessary, nor decisive. In a war, each soldier generally fought for himself and the phalanx was rarely presented. Appar...
