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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... contrast between Greek democracy and oriental despotism – were very much less marked in the period before the Persian Wars : tyranny was a feature of many archaic Greek poleis , the aspiration of many aristocratic youths.16 Homer's ...
... contrast between Greek democracy and oriental despotism – were very much less marked in the period before the Persian Wars : tyranny was a feature of many archaic Greek poleis , the aspiration of many aristocratic youths.16 Homer's ...
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... contrast , however , pp . 19-21 on foreign names , and now Mackie , Talking Trojan . For the ' orientalising age ' in Greek history , see esp . Burkert , The Orientalizing Revolution ; West , The East Face of Helicon , esp . Ch . 12 ...
... contrast , however , pp . 19-21 on foreign names , and now Mackie , Talking Trojan . For the ' orientalising age ' in Greek history , see esp . Burkert , The Orientalizing Revolution ; West , The East Face of Helicon , esp . Ch . 12 ...
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... Contrast Hall , Inventing the Barbarian , pp . 16–17 . See now Harrison , The Emptiness of Asia , Ch . 5 ; also West , “ Saviors of Greece ' . Austin , ' Greek tyrants and the Persians ' . See esp . Fornara , Herodotus ; Stadter ...
... Contrast Hall , Inventing the Barbarian , pp . 16–17 . See now Harrison , The Emptiness of Asia , Ch . 5 ; also West , “ Saviors of Greece ' . Austin , ' Greek tyrants and the Persians ' . See esp . Fornara , Herodotus ; Stadter ...
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... contrast pointed between Greek democracy and eastern despotism . Discussion of these themes is spread across the different contributions.47 The introductions to parts attempt to supplement , as well as to introduce , the articles ...
... contrast pointed between Greek democracy and eastern despotism . Discussion of these themes is spread across the different contributions.47 The introductions to parts attempt to supplement , as well as to introduce , the articles ...
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... contrast to the elaborately listed Persian commanders . In another sense , however , Goldhill's reading of the play is more conventional . Like many of the play's modern interpreters , he sees it as strikingly sympathetic to the plight ...
... contrast to the elaborately listed Persian commanders . In another sense , however , Goldhill's reading of the play is more conventional . Like many of the play's modern interpreters , he sees it as strikingly sympathetic to the plight ...
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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