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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... 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 .
... 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 .
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The Histories are increasingly ( and rightly ) seen as comparing the Persian empire with the Athenian empire that developed in the light of the Persian Wars , and as offering an implicit critique of Athenian imperialism ( rather than ...
The Histories are increasingly ( and rightly ) seen as comparing the Persian empire with the Athenian empire that developed in the light of the Persian Wars , and as offering an implicit critique of Athenian imperialism ( rather than ...
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Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire in many ways left the stereotyped image of the eastern barbarian unscathed . Unquestionably , however , it had drastic and sudden consequences on relations between the Greeks and non - Greek ...
Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire in many ways left the stereotyped image of the eastern barbarian unscathed . Unquestionably , however , it had drastic and sudden consequences on relations between the Greeks and non - Greek ...
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... themselves ) poor but free , before their kings became frozen in the atavistic desire to expand their empire , and their subjects ruined by its spoils.44 The Greeks themselves , moreover , were far from being a homogeneous group .
... themselves ) poor but free , before their kings became frozen in the atavistic desire to expand their empire , and their subjects ruined by its spoils.44 The Greeks themselves , moreover , were far from being a homogeneous group .
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... from the Persian Wars to Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire . Part I concentrates on the evidence of the fifth century . For the more theoretical perspective of fourthcentury authors - Xenophon , Isocrates , Plato ...
... from the Persian Wars to Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire . Part I concentrates on the evidence of the fifth century . For the more theoretical perspective of fourthcentury authors - Xenophon , Isocrates , Plato ...
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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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