A reddit thread that I wound up posting quite a bit on.

I saw this blog mentioned on a reddit thread, so I jumped in to add my two cents.  Fans of this blog will find the discussion interesting.  I put forth many of the arguments you will find in "Hoplites at War".

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4na0mj/how_good_is_christopher_matthews_scholarship/?st=iw5kjrxe&sh=31473f4e