Resumen de Paying archaic greek mercenaries: views from Egypt and the Near East
This study addresses the payment of archaic Greek mercenaries, a neglected subject. Putting the Greek literary evidence into context with materials from the Near East and particularly Egypt reveals that the invention of coinage did not bring about the concept of pay for mercenary service. Rather, payment informs such as plunder, uncoined precious metals, and land was common in the east before the Greeks arrived. Payment in coin did not begin a new tradition but rather complimented an existing one.
