Greeks and Barbarians

Author: Harrison, Thomas

Brand: Routledge

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 288

EAN: 9780415939591

Release Date: 09-01-2002

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Details: 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.