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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EDINBURGH READINGS ON THE ANCIENT WORLD GENERAL EDITORS
Michele George, McMaster University Thomas Harrison, University of St Andrews
ADVISORY EDITORS Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge Richard SaIler, ...
EDINBURGH READINGS ON THE ANCIENT WORLD GENERAL EDITORS
Michele George, McMaster University Thomas Harrison, University of St Andrews
ADVISORY EDITORS Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge Richard SaIler, ...
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BernaVs 'Ancient Model^ EDITH HALL THE ANCIENT MODEL The argument of
Bernal's Black Athena sets up two rival models of Greek prehistory. The one,
which he terms "the Ancient Model," was, he claims, the conventional view held
by ...
BernaVs 'Ancient Model^ EDITH HALL THE ANCIENT MODEL The argument of
Bernal's Black Athena sets up two rival models of Greek prehistory. The one,
which he terms "the Ancient Model," was, he claims, the conventional view held
by ...
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The "Ancient Model" was officially overthrown by Karl Otfried Miiller in 1820.
Modern classicists may have adapted the "Aryan Model" to accommodate the
discovery of Levantine objects on Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age sites in the
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The "Ancient Model" was officially overthrown by Karl Otfried Miiller in 1820.
Modern classicists may have adapted the "Aryan Model" to accommodate the
discovery of Levantine objects on Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age sites in the
...
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Contents
General Introduction | 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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| 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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 074861270X, 9780748612703 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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