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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... culture , to suggest that it is retrospectively “ tainted ' ; nor is it to deny or obliterate the more positive aspects of the Greeks ' legacy . Acknowledging these less attractive aspects of the classical tradition is vital , not only ...
... culture , to suggest that it is retrospectively “ tainted ' ; nor is it to deny or obliterate the more positive aspects of the Greeks ' legacy . Acknowledging these less attractive aspects of the classical tradition is vital , not only ...
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... culture and way of life as their 1o It I 2 For a survey of forms of contact ( e.g. diplomacy , trade and war ) between Greece and Persia ( and the Near East in general ) in the classical period , see Miller , Athens and Persia , Chs 2-5 ...
... culture and way of life as their 1o It I 2 For a survey of forms of contact ( e.g. diplomacy , trade and war ) between Greece and Persia ( and the Near East in general ) in the classical period , see Miller , Athens and Persia , Chs 2-5 ...
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... cultural superiority , mocking the Greeks , for example , as children in their knowledge of the gods by comparison with the Egyptians ; 27 his account of the Persian Wars envisages Greek victory as in large part the result of consistent ...
... cultural superiority , mocking the Greeks , for example , as children in their knowledge of the gods by comparison with the Egyptians ; 27 his account of the Persian Wars envisages Greek victory as in large part the result of consistent ...
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... culture rather than birth ; 34 the continuation and elaboration of a stereotyped portrayal of the wealth and decadence of the eastern barbarian in Xenophon , Plato , and fragmentary historians such as Ctesias ; the development of an ...
... culture rather than birth ; 34 the continuation and elaboration of a stereotyped portrayal of the wealth and decadence of the eastern barbarian in Xenophon , Plato , and fragmentary historians such as Ctesias ; the development of an ...
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... cultural interaction.54 The decision to omit any dedicated discussion of Greek - barbarian contact is one that has been made partly out of necessity and partly on academic grounds . Conclusions as to the degree and type of contacts ...
... cultural interaction.54 The decision to omit any dedicated discussion of Greek - barbarian contact is one that has been made partly out of necessity and partly on academic grounds . Conclusions as to the degree and type of contacts ...
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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