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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Contents vii ix Acknowledgements Note to the Reader Abbreviations Maps X xiv General Introduction I PART I SOURCES 17 I 24 Introduction to Part I Herodotus the Tourist James Redfield Battle Narrative and Politics in Aeschylus ' Persae ...
Contents vii ix Acknowledgements Note to the Reader Abbreviations Maps X xiv General Introduction I PART I SOURCES 17 I 24 Introduction to Part I Herodotus the Tourist James Redfield Battle Narrative and Politics in Aeschylus ' Persae ...
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... until the beginning of the fifth century.25 Most importantly perhaps , the Histories of Herodotus , written under the shadow of the first part of the Peloponnesian War ( 431-404 ) , clearly had a broader currency than in Athens .
... until the beginning of the fifth century.25 Most importantly perhaps , the Histories of Herodotus , written under the shadow of the first part of the Peloponnesian War ( 431-404 ) , clearly had a broader currency than in Athens .
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Herodotus , for example , as James Redfield's piece ( “ Herodotus the Tourist ' , Ch . 1 ) demonstrates , employs a whole range of different models for making sense of the many peoples he describes . Egyptian customs often present a ...
Herodotus , for example , as James Redfield's piece ( “ Herodotus the Tourist ' , Ch . 1 ) demonstrates , employs a whole range of different models for making sense of the many peoples he describes . Egyptian customs often present a ...
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Themistocles ' achievement seems to have been seen as a sign of his unique intelligence ; see further Harrison , ' Herodotus ' conception of foreign languages ' . nated those who could not speak Greek ) . “ General Introduction II.
Themistocles ' achievement seems to have been seen as a sign of his unique intelligence ; see further Harrison , ' Herodotus ' conception of foreign languages ' . nated those who could not speak Greek ) . “ General Introduction II.
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Contact , however , may equally result in the confirmation of stereotypes – as the case of Xenophon , if not also of Herodotus , may suggest . We must surely begin , moreover , from what evidence we have - in great part , that of ...
Contact , however , may equally result in the confirmation of stereotypes – as the case of Xenophon , if not also of Herodotus , may suggest . We must surely begin , moreover , from what evidence we have - in great part , that of ...
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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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