Greeks and barbariansGreeks and Barbarians examines ancient Greek conceptions of the "other." The attitudes of Greeks to foreigners and there religions, and cultures, and politics reveals as much about the Greeks as it does the world they inhabited. Despite occasional interest in particular aspects of foreign customs, the Greeks were largely hostile and dismissive viewing foreigners as at best inferior, but more often as candidates for conquest and enslavement. |
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In any case we ought to understand that certain of our own customs, from the
point of view of an observer from another society, would seem to him to be of the
same nature as that anthropophagy which seems to us alien to the notion of ...
In any case we ought to understand that certain of our own customs, from the
point of view of an observer from another society, would seem to him to be of the
same nature as that anthropophagy which seems to us alien to the notion of ...
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['these customs are established'].4 For the Greeks, the beliefs, institutions and
customs that in our eyes constitute a religion are nomoi or nomaia - in other
words, customary rules, traditional ways of acting and thinking. Secondly, we will
...
['these customs are established'].4 For the Greeks, the beliefs, institutions and
customs that in our eyes constitute a religion are nomoi or nomaia - in other
words, customary rules, traditional ways of acting and thinking. Secondly, we will
...
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rituals, their marriage customs and the prenuptial prostitution to which their
women are compelled and which doubtless fulfils a ritual function, but he also
describes the way in which they behave towards the sick.7 In short, in Greek
minds, ...
rituals, their marriage customs and the prenuptial prostitution to which their
women are compelled and which doubtless fulfils a ritual function, but he also
describes the way in which they behave towards the sick.7 In short, in Greek
minds, ...
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Contents
General Introduction i | 1 |
3 the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden fig 4 the Museum | 3 |
of Fine Arts Boston fig 5 the Archaeological Institute of | 10 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Greeks and barbarians Edinburgh readings on the ancient world |
| Author | Thomas Harrison |
| Editor | Thomas Harrison |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 28 May 2008 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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