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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9 Aeschylus ' celebration of Athenian and Greek victory in his Persians ( 472 )
contains many of the contrasts between ... accountable democracy of Athens ,
between the slavish masses of the king's vast flotilla and the small band of
Greeks ...
9 Aeschylus ' celebration of Athenian and Greek victory in his Persians ( 472 )
contains many of the contrasts between ... accountable democracy of Athens ,
between the slavish masses of the king's vast flotilla and the small band of
Greeks ...
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polarity was not restricted to Athens.23 Other cities fought retrospectively over
their parts in the Persian Wars.24 The association of Persia with Greek tyranny
was also widespread elsewhere , in those cities in which the Persians had ...
polarity was not restricted to Athens.23 Other cities fought retrospectively over
their parts in the Persian Wars.24 The association of Persia with Greek tyranny
was also widespread elsewhere , in those cities in which the Persians had ...
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In compiling her archive , Miller sets out to disprove the ' commonplace of modern
scholarship that the Athenians ... indeed the fact that parasols were used by men
in Persia but by women in Athens suggests that the borrowing of forms of dress ...
In compiling her archive , Miller sets out to disprove the ' commonplace of modern
scholarship that the Athenians ... indeed the fact that parasols were used by men
in Persia but by women in Athens suggests that the borrowing of forms of dress ...
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A curious sidelight is provided by the Athenians ' purchase , following the Persian
wars , of a body of Scythian archers ( or slaves dressed as Scythians ) to serve as
a proto - police force in Athens.28 Lissarrague's argument that the Scythian ...
A curious sidelight is provided by the Athenians ' purchase , following the Persian
wars , of a body of Scythian archers ( or slaves dressed as Scythians ) to serve as
a proto - police force in Athens.28 Lissarrague's argument that the Scythian ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
THEMES | 125 |
PEOPLES | 187 |
OVERVIEWS | 229 |
Intellectual Chronology | 311 |
Guide to Further Reading | 313 |
Bibliography | 314 |
Index | 328 |
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| Title | Greeks and Barbarians |
| Editor | Thomas Harrison |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2018 |
| ISBN | 1351565036, 9781351565035 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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