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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29 It is sometimes claimed also that the comic poet Aristophanes , writing in the same period , reserved real hostility for the Peloponnesians , while the Persians were the butt only of humour.30 Nevertheless , the Persians remained ...
29 It is sometimes claimed also that the comic poet Aristophanes , writing in the same period , reserved real hostility for the Peloponnesians , while the Persians were the butt only of humour.30 Nevertheless , the Persians remained ...
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The task of writing the history of barbarian peoples of the ancient Persians , say , or Thracians – is an immensely complex one . In large part , we must rely in doing so on non - Greek evidence , in so far as it exists - in the case of ...
The task of writing the history of barbarian peoples of the ancient Persians , say , or Thracians – is an immensely complex one . In large part , we must rely in doing so on non - Greek evidence , in so far as it exists - in the case of ...
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Herodotus must also be seen in the context of other fifthcentury writers on barbarian peoples , such as Hecataeus of Miletus , Xanthus of Lydia , or Hellanicus of Lesbos , ' of Hippocratic medical texts such as Airs , Waters , Places ...
Herodotus must also be seen in the context of other fifthcentury writers on barbarian peoples , such as Hecataeus of Miletus , Xanthus of Lydia , or Hellanicus of Lesbos , ' of Hippocratic medical texts such as Airs , Waters , Places ...
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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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