Greeks and BarbariansThomas Harrison Routledge, 2018 M01 15 - 288 pages Greeks 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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... century , that Englishmen had tails ' which they cunningly concealed ' . } In the study of the representation of foreign peoples , however , the Greeks occupy a special place . For just as the Greeks are often seen as the originators of ...
... century , that Englishmen had tails ' which they cunningly concealed ' . } In the study of the representation of foreign peoples , however , the Greeks occupy a special place . For just as the Greeks are often seen as the originators of ...
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... century ) established a large number of colonies in the Mediterranean and Black Sea - a movement which contributed in great part to the Greeks ' reflections on their own identity and social organisation ? – these were small - scale ...
... century ) established a large number of colonies in the Mediterranean and Black Sea - a movement which contributed in great part to the Greeks ' reflections on their own identity and social organisation ? – these were small - scale ...
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... century tyrants , the Peisistratids , and the development of a self - conscious democratic ideology.21 Athens ' part in the Persian Wars also served as a justification of the rule Athens exercised over its fifth - century empire . 22 ...
... century tyrants , the Peisistratids , and the development of a self - conscious democratic ideology.21 Athens ' part in the Persian Wars also served as a justification of the rule Athens exercised over its fifth - century empire . 22 ...
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... 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 . The Histories are increasingly ( and ...
... 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 . The Histories are increasingly ( and ...
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... century . Ideology , however , has a life of its own , and does not merely respond to the history of events . The representation of foreign peoples in the late fifth and fourth centuries undergoes a number of contradictory movements ...
... century . Ideology , however , has a life of its own , and does not merely respond to the history of events . The representation of foreign peoples in the late fifth and fourth centuries undergoes a number of contradictory movements ...
Contents
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THEMES | 125 |
PEOPLES | 187 |
OVERVIEWS | 229 |
Intellectual Chronology | 311 |
Guide to Further Reading | 313 |
Bibliography | 314 |
Index | 328 |
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