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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... emphasises the difference and the complexity of Greek representations of foreign peoples - or barbarians , as they termed them . HISTORICAL OVERVIEW To begin with , it is important to emphasise the very different historical ...
... emphasises the difference and the complexity of Greek representations of foreign peoples - or barbarians , as they termed them . HISTORICAL OVERVIEW To begin with , it is important to emphasise the very different historical ...
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... emphasised the extent of Near Eastern influences on the Greek world , and of contact between the Greek world and the ... emphasising ( if not initiating ) an assumption of Greek superiority . " 9 Aeschylus ' celebration of Athenian and ...
... emphasised the extent of Near Eastern influences on the Greek world , and of contact between the Greek world and the ... emphasising ( if not initiating ) an assumption of Greek superiority . " 9 Aeschylus ' celebration of Athenian and ...
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... emphasis on ' Hellenisation ' towards a more complex model of two - way 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 ...
... emphasis on ' Hellenisation ' towards a more complex model of two - way 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 ...
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... emphasis on representations rather than on the history of relations between Greeks and foreign peoples is again a recent change . The credit ( or blame ) for this shift must be spread widely . These changes are related to a number of ...
... emphasis on representations rather than on the history of relations between Greeks and foreign peoples is again a recent change . The credit ( or blame ) for this shift must be spread widely . These changes are related to a number of ...
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... emphasis on the chauvinism of Greek culture with disquiet or contempt . In conclusion , then , it should be insisted : to observe the chauvinism and ethnocentrism implicit in Greek literature and art , or to trace the legacy of such ...
... emphasis on the chauvinism of Greek culture with disquiet or contempt . In conclusion , then , it should be insisted : to observe the chauvinism and ethnocentrism implicit in Greek literature and art , or to trace the legacy of such ...
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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