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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General Introduction How one group of people views or constructs ' others - and how , by doing so , it constructs its own identity - is one of the central themes of history . It is a theme that can be traced in any number of historical ...
General Introduction How one group of people views or constructs ' others - and how , by doing so , it constructs its own identity - is one of the central themes of history . It is a theme that can be traced in any number of historical ...
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Though the Greeks ( from the late eighth century ) established a large number of colonies in the Mediterranean and Black Sea - a movement which contributed in great part to the Greeks ' reflections on their own identity and social ...
Though the Greeks ( from the late eighth century ) established a large number of colonies in the Mediterranean and Black Sea - a movement which contributed in great part to the Greeks ' reflections on their own identity and social ...
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For Near Eastern influences on Homer , see now Morris , ' Homer and the Near East ” . For contacts , see further below , n . 48 . 19 Contrast Jonathan Hall's over - simplistic distinction , Ethnic Identity , p .
For Near Eastern influences on Homer , see now Morris , ' Homer and the Near East ” . For contacts , see further below , n . 48 . 19 Contrast Jonathan Hall's over - simplistic distinction , Ethnic Identity , p .
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28 See now Harrison , ' The Persian invasions ' ; contrast Hall , Ethnic Identity p . 45 ( citing Nippel , Griechen , Barbaren und ' Wilde ' , pp . 14-16 ) , asserting simplistically that no adverse comparison between Greeks and ...
28 See now Harrison , ' The Persian invasions ' ; contrast Hall , Ethnic Identity p . 45 ( citing Nippel , Griechen , Barbaren und ' Wilde ' , pp . 14-16 ) , asserting simplistically that no adverse comparison between Greeks and ...
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... 33 the identification ( associated with Isocrates ) of Greek identity with culture rather than birth ; 34 the continuation and elaboration of a stereotyped portrayal of the wealth and decadence of the eastern barbarian in Xenophon ...
... 33 the identification ( associated with Isocrates ) of Greek identity with culture rather than birth ; 34 the continuation and elaboration of a stereotyped portrayal of the wealth and decadence of the eastern barbarian in Xenophon ...
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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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