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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... foreign vocabulary interspersed in Greek ) , 14 and the impression of the immense wealth of the monarchies of the Near East ( an impression associated in particular with the Lydian King Croesus ) all long predate the Persian Wars.
... foreign vocabulary interspersed in Greek ) , 14 and the impression of the immense wealth of the monarchies of the Near East ( an impression associated in particular with the Lydian King Croesus ) all long predate the Persian Wars.
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... between the slavish masses of the king's vast flotilla and the small band of Greeks , each ' the lord of his oar ' , between the empty pomp of the Persian court ( with its deference to god - like kings and the excessive authority of ...
... between the slavish masses of the king's vast flotilla and the small band of Greeks , each ' the lord of his oar ' , between the empty pomp of the Persian court ( with its deference to god - like kings and the excessive authority of ...
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The Persian king continued to serve as the guarantor of a series of settlements between the cities of Greece in the fourth century . Ideology , however , has a life of its own , and does not merely respond to the history of events .
The Persian king continued to serve as the guarantor of a series of settlements between the cities of Greece in the fourth century . Ideology , however , has a life of its own , and does not merely respond to the history of events .
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kings inevitably gave impetus to a positive Greek ideal of monarchy . 38 Such a narrative of events fails , however , to bring out the full complexity of Greek representations of foreign peoples .
kings inevitably gave impetus to a positive Greek ideal of monarchy . 38 Such a narrative of events fails , however , to bring out the full complexity of Greek representations of foreign peoples .
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There may have been many Greeks tradesmen , mercenaries , courtiers of the Persian king - whose actual experience of foreign peoples led them to eschew the prejudices of their fellow Greeks , even , like the Athenian Themistocles ...
There may have been many Greeks tradesmen , mercenaries , courtiers of the Persian king - whose actual experience of foreign peoples led them to eschew the prejudices of their fellow Greeks , even , like the Athenian Themistocles ...
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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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