Greeks and BarbariansThomas Harrison Routledge, 2018 M01 15 - 288 pages Greeks 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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... Aeschylus ' Persians reflect a broader Greek perception of the Persians or of the ' barbarian ' is , as we have seen , one of the central ( and most problematic ) questions which overhang this topic . As for the range of themes covered ...
... Aeschylus ' Persians reflect a broader Greek perception of the Persians or of the ' barbarian ' is , as we have seen , one of the central ( and most problematic ) questions which overhang this topic . As for the range of themes covered ...
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... Aeschylus felt obliged to give an accurate portrayal of the Persian court.63 It should be stated at the outset that the Greek representation of foreign peoples is driven by a set of imperatives other than those of historical accuracy ...
... Aeschylus felt obliged to give an accurate portrayal of the Persian court.63 It should be stated at the outset that the Greek representation of foreign peoples is driven by a set of imperatives other than those of historical accuracy ...
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... Aeschylus ' play the Persians , performed in 472 BC within a decade of Xerxes ' expedition to Greece . In another sense , however , they provide a natural starting point . As James Redfield's ' Herodotus the Tourist ( Ch . I ) ...
... Aeschylus ' play the Persians , performed in 472 BC within a decade of Xerxes ' expedition to Greece . In another sense , however , they provide a natural starting point . As James Redfield's ' Herodotus the Tourist ( Ch . I ) ...
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... Aeschylus ' Persians , written and performed for the stage of the Athenian festival of the Dionysia , such questions of sources or of historical intentions might be thought to be irrelevant . As the only surviving ' historical tragedy ...
... Aeschylus ' Persians , written and performed for the stage of the Athenian festival of the Dionysia , such questions of sources or of historical intentions might be thought to be irrelevant . As the only surviving ' historical tragedy ...
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... Aeschylus to have composed a kommos ( or lament ) for a defeated enemy is a ' remarkable event ' ; Aeschylus is questioning rather than affirming the Athenians ' response to their victory in the Persian Wars . Like Gilbert Murray before ...
... Aeschylus to have composed a kommos ( or lament ) for a defeated enemy is a ' remarkable event ' ; Aeschylus is questioning rather than affirming the Athenians ' response to their victory in the Persian Wars . Like Gilbert Murray before ...
Contents
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THEMES | 125 |
PEOPLES | 187 |
OVERVIEWS | 229 |
Intellectual Chronology | 311 |
Guide to Further Reading | 313 |
Bibliography | 314 |
Index | 328 |
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