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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... Phoen [ icians ) , Supplices = Suppliants , Troliades ) = Trojan Women Flav [ ius ] Jossephus ] H [ ero ] d [ 0 ] t [ us ] = Her [ odotus ] Hes [ iod ] Th [ eogony ) , Oplera ] = Works and Days H { omer ] Iliad ) , Odsyssey ) Hyper ...
... Phoen [ icians ) , Supplices = Suppliants , Troliades ) = Trojan Women Flav [ ius ] Jossephus ] H [ ero ] d [ 0 ] t [ us ] = Her [ odotus ] Hes [ iod ] Th [ eogony ) , Oplera ] = Works and Days H { omer ] Iliad ) , Odsyssey ) Hyper ...
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... 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 royal women ) ...
... 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 royal women ) ...
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Egyptian customs often present a mirror image of those of the Greeks : Egyptian women , for instance , urinate standing , men sitting ( 2.35 ) . At the same time , however , he compares the funerals of Spartan and Persian kings ( 6.58 ) ...
Egyptian customs often present a mirror image of those of the Greeks : Egyptian women , for instance , urinate standing , men sitting ( 2.35 ) . At the same time , however , he compares the funerals of Spartan and Persian kings ( 6.58 ) ...
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As for the range of themes covered , there is no dedicated discussion included of the ' gendering of foreign peoples , of the representation of foreign women , or of the political contrast pointed between Greek democracy and eastern ...
As for the range of themes covered , there is no dedicated discussion included of the ' gendering of foreign peoples , of the representation of foreign women , or of the political contrast pointed between Greek democracy and eastern ...
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To carry a parasol is not necessarily to advertise your pro - Persian sympathies ; indeed the fact that parasols were used by men in Persia but by women in Athens suggests that the borrowing of forms of dress may have fitted seamlessly ...
To carry a parasol is not necessarily to advertise your pro - Persian sympathies ; indeed the fact that parasols were used by men in Persia but by women in Athens suggests that the borrowing of forms of dress may have fitted seamlessly ...
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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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