War
idea · 4 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
also in the atlas: War the event
war · fight · Bellum · armed · coming to blows · invasion · strength of war · strife · warfare
in the texts
On the Peace
Armed conflict, especially a general war that might unite several Greek powers against Athens.
In the same way by agreement with Philip we have waived our claim to Amphipolis, and we are permitting Cardia to be excepted from the rest of the Chersonese, the Carian to occupy the islands of Chios, Cos, and Rhodes, and the Byzantines to detain our ships in harbor, obviously because we think that the respite which the peace affords is more productive of advantages than wrangling and coming to bl …
No, I think we ought so to act as to do nothing unworthy of Athens and yet avoid war;
So you will find that each of these powers was induced for private reasons to do much that it did not wish.
Hymn 8 to Ares
War is the martial sphere over which Ares presides, including strength, weapons, courage, fury, and strife.
Ares, exceeding in strength, chariot-rider, golden-helmed, doughty in heart, shield-bearer, Saviour of cities, harnessed in bronze, strong of arm, unwearying, mighty with the spear, O defence of Olympus, father of warlike Victory, ally of Themis, stern governor of the rebellious, leader of righteous men, sceptred King of manliness, who whirl your fiery sphere among the planets in their sevenfold c …
Shed down a kindly ray from above upon my life, and strength of war, that I may be able to drive away bitter cowardice from my head and crush down the deceitful impulses of my soul.
The Rights of War and Peace
The chapter's foundational concept, defined as the state of contending parties, distinguished from the justice of any particular war.
so that war is the state of contending parties, considered as such.
Economics
War is treated as both a source of estate increase and a noble discipline parallel to agriculture in leadership, protection, endurance, and organization.
Often in time of war it is safer to go armed in search of food than to gather it with farming implements.
For they say that he pays close attention to husbandry and the art of war, holding that these are two of the noblest and most necessary pursuits.
In fact, Critobulus, you cannot fail to notice that many private persons have been indebted to war for the increase of their estates, and many princes too.