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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... functional view of lovemaking ) nursed by the French ;? or , more preposterously , the medieval French tradition , which survived even to the nineteenth century , that Englishmen had tails ' which they cunningly concealed ' .
... functional view of lovemaking ) nursed by the French ;? or , more preposterously , the medieval French tradition , which survived even to the nineteenth century , that Englishmen had tails ' which they cunningly concealed ' .
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Acknowledging these less attractive aspects of the classical tradition is vital , not only to free ourselves from their grip , but also in order better to understand the reality of the ancient past , to prevent the retrospective ...
Acknowledging these less attractive aspects of the classical tradition is vital , not only to free ourselves from their grip , but also in order better to understand the reality of the ancient past , to prevent the retrospective ...
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Nevertheless , he also reflects a much more celebratory tradition of the Persian Wars , one which sees the Greeks ' victory as due to their innate freedom , the pattern of Persian error as the result of their monarchy , and their lack ...
Nevertheless , he also reflects a much more celebratory tradition of the Persian Wars , one which sees the Greeks ' victory as due to their innate freedom , the pattern of Persian error as the result of their monarchy , and their lack ...
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54 See pre - eminently Kuhrt and Sherwin - White , Hellenism in the East ; Sherwin - White and Kuhrt , From Samarkand to Sardis ; also Momigliano's classic Alien Wisdom . 52 57 analogues , ss the deformation of the native traditions IO ...
54 See pre - eminently Kuhrt and Sherwin - White , Hellenism in the East ; Sherwin - White and Kuhrt , From Samarkand to Sardis ; also Momigliano's classic Alien Wisdom . 52 57 analogues , ss the deformation of the native traditions IO ...
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57 analogues , ss the deformation of the native traditions of a foreign people for Greek ideological ends : all these may be taken to suggest a relative ignorance of , and indifference towards , the people in question .
57 analogues , ss the deformation of the native traditions of a foreign people for Greek ideological ends : all these may be taken to suggest a relative ignorance of , and indifference towards , the people in question .
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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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