BARBARIAN ASIA AND THE GREEK EXPERIENCE From the Archaic Period to the Age of Xenophon Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

John Hopkins University Press, 1994

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Year of publication

1994

Author

Georges, Pericles

Publishers

John Hopkins University Press

Keyword

GREECE Greek History Greek Literature Social & Cultural

Cover description

Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0801847346

Description

Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Lower corners a bit bumped. ; Xx, 358pp. In Barbarian Asia and the Greek Experience Pericles Georges explores the ways ancient Greeks viewed and interacted with non-Greeks during the classical period. Through the works of Aeschylus, Herodotus, and Xenophon, Georges examines critical episodes in the formation of Greek ideas and attitudes concerning those foreigners of Asia with whom they came into close historical contact and against whom they defined themselves--especially the "barbarians" of Persia and Lydia. He focuses on the Greeks' intramural debates about their own identity--or identities--as people who shared a common language, religious tradition, and way of life, but who differed over issues of origin, custom, culture, and notions of the barbarian "other." ; 385 pages