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Greek Hoplite (Soldier Through the Ages)

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Windrow's children's book The Greek Hoplite is a fairly good book, not groundbreaking, but it would make a good gift to the kid who is starting to show an interest in ancient history. The text covers most of the bases of the origin and lifestyle of the typical Greek citizen-soldier in a very simple and easy to read style of writing. The illustrations are bright and colorful, which makes it fun to read. The only point I wish Windrow would have emphasized more is how independent the Greek city-states were. Other than that, it's a very good book that's almost up to par with what Nick Sekunda has to offer for the younger crowd.

I've read nearly every book in common modern English print on the Greek Hoplite as part of my general self-study of Classical Greek civilization. The illustrations in Martin Windrow's Greek Hoplite far surpases any other work I've seen, both in quality and historical accuracy. Absolutely superb!

Although the text is aimed at children, this book takes pride of place among my more "scholarly" tomes for that reason.

If you want to see an accurate, realistic portrayal of how an ancient Greek soldier truly appeared, this is the book to buy!