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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... Greek and non - Greek world ' ; Lévy , ' Naissance du concept de barbare ' ; see further below , n . 18 . See e.g. Drews , ' The first tyrants in Greece ' . 14 16 18 Greek enemies - unlike the Trojans of fifth - General Introduction 3.
... Greek and non - Greek world ' ; Lévy , ' Naissance du concept de barbare ' ; see further below , n . 18 . See e.g. Drews , ' The first tyrants in Greece ' . 14 16 18 Greek enemies - unlike the Trojans of fifth - General Introduction 3.
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18 Greek enemies - unlike the Trojans of fifth - century tragedy , who , in the light of the Persian Wars , were painted in barbarian colours . " A number of recent studies have emphasised the extent of Near Eastern influences on the ...
18 Greek enemies - unlike the Trojans of fifth - century tragedy , who , in the light of the Persian Wars , were painted in barbarian colours . " A number of recent studies have emphasised the extent of Near Eastern influences on the ...
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... until the beginning of the fifth 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 .
... until the beginning of the fifth 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 .
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The representation of foreign peoples in the late fifth and fourth centuries undergoes a number of contradictory movements : Euripides ' problematisation and refraction of the Greek - barbarian polarity ; the use of Persia as a model of ...
The representation of foreign peoples in the late fifth and fourth centuries undergoes a number of contradictory movements : Euripides ' problematisation and refraction of the Greek - barbarian polarity ; the use of Persia as a model of ...
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... and to represent the richness and diversity of modern scholarship on these themes . Part I examines some of the major sources for the Greek conception of the barbarian : the fifth - century historian Herodotus ( Ch . 1 : Redfield ) ...
... and to represent the richness and diversity of modern scholarship on these themes . Part I examines some of the major sources for the Greek conception of the barbarian : the fifth - century historian Herodotus ( Ch . 1 : Redfield ) ...
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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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