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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... religion ( Rudhardt ) , Persian , Greek or Byzantine history ( Briant , Walbank , Browning ) . Moreover , the work of Hartog and Hall is viewed by many with suspicion . Hartog's Mirror has frequently been overlooked in the Anglo - Saxon ...
... religion ( Rudhardt ) , Persian , Greek or Byzantine history ( Briant , Walbank , Browning ) . Moreover , the work of Hartog and Hall is viewed by many with suspicion . Hartog's Mirror has frequently been overlooked in the Anglo - Saxon ...
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... religion , wealth , food , clothing , language or customs . 23 26 Finally in this part , François Lissarrague ( Ch . 4 ) , like Suzanne Saïd , collapses the Greek - barbarian antithesis in his examination of the images of foreign ...
... religion , wealth , food , clothing , language or customs . 23 26 Finally in this part , François Lissarrague ( Ch . 4 ) , like Suzanne Saïd , collapses the Greek - barbarian antithesis in his examination of the images of foreign ...
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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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