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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
DOGS OF WAR, OR DOGS IN WAR? THE USE OF DOGS IN CLASSICAL GREEK WARFARE
Beteiligte:
Rees, Owen
Erschienen:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020
Erschienen in:
Greece and Rome, 67 (2020) 2, Seite 230-246
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/s0017383520000078
ISSN:
0017-3835;
1477-4550
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Beschreibung:
In 1941, E. S. Forster wrote a short article, published in this journal, which compiled all of the instances he could identify in the ancient source material that described dogs being used in a military capacity. G. B. A. Fletcher, who had identified a few obscure references that Forster had not cited, responded to Forster's paper later that same year. The purpose of both papers was simply the compiling of a list, a purpose that had been inspired by Forster's interest in the French army's recruitment of dogs on the outbreak of the Second World War. The result was a thorough catalogue of known examples, showing the ancient dog being used for a variety of purposes such as patrol work or observation duties, or being used as combatants or despatch couriers. The primary aim, according to Forster was to ‘make a comparison with modern practice’ – that is, the French practice he had read about; the only exception for which he could find no ancient evidence was what he called ‘Red Cross’ work.