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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To observe such continuities is not simply , however , to indict classical culture , to suggest that it is retrospectively “ tainted ' ; nor is it to deny or obliterate the more positive aspects of the Greeks ' legacy .
To observe such continuities is not simply , however , to indict classical culture , to suggest that it is retrospectively “ tainted ' ; nor is it to deny or obliterate the more positive aspects of the Greeks ' legacy .
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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 attitudes , is not to condemn such works wholesale , to suggest that they ...
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 attitudes , is not to condemn such works wholesale , to suggest that they ...
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57 See e.g. the vague remarks of Pelling , ' Aeschylus ' Persae and history ' ( though with excellent observations on the play's historical value ) . Harrison , Emptiness of Asia . 18 Where Hall's work is strongest , and supplements ...
57 See e.g. the vague remarks of Pelling , ' Aeschylus ' Persae and history ' ( though with excellent observations on the play's historical value ) . Harrison , Emptiness of Asia . 18 Where Hall's work is strongest , and supplements ...
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... as an analogue for the Persians , 29 and secondly alongside Ann Bovon's discussion of the representation of Persian warriors : Attic images of the Persians , she emphasises , combine personal observation and traditional stereotype .
... as an analogue for the Persians , 29 and secondly alongside Ann Bovon's discussion of the representation of Persian warriors : Attic images of the Persians , she emphasises , combine personal observation and traditional stereotype .
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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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