Rethinking the other in antiquity /
Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other -- Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners -- frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricatu...
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Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New Series
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Call Number: CB251 .G78 2012
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Rethinking the other in antiquity / |c Erich S. Gruen. |
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| 300 | |a xiv, 415 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New Series. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-384) and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I. Impressions of the "other". Persia in the Greek perception : Aeschylus and Herodotus ; Persia in the Greek perception : Xenophon and Alexander ; Egypt in the classical imagination ; Punica fides ; Caesar on the Gauls ; Tacitus on the Germans ; Tacitus and the defamation of the Jews ; People of color -- Part II. Connections with the "other". Foundation legends ; Fictitious kinships : Greeks and others ; Fictitious kinships : Jews and others ; Cultural interlockings and overlappings. | |
| 520 | |a Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other -- Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners -- frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. Erich Gruen demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts, how they expressed admiration for the achievements and principles of other societies, and how they discerned -- and even invented--kinship relations and shared roots with diverse peoples. -- From publisher description | ||
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