BARBARIANS IN GREEK COMEDY Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket

Southern Illinois University Press, 1986

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Year of publication

1986

Author

Long, Timothy

Publishers

Southern Illinois University Press

Keyword

Social & Cultural Greek Literature Classical Greek & Roman Plays, & Drama Comedy

Cover description

Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0809312484

Description

Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor Foxing to DJ. ; Greeks divided the world into Greece vs. The land of foreigners, into Hellenes vs. Barbarians, seeing their country as a bastion of culture, learning, and military might surrounded by a sea of the uncivilized. Long shows how comedy expressed the Greek feeling of superiority over the barbarians, how it dealt with the so-called barbarian-Hellene antithesis. The result is a contribution to the study of ancient Greek comedy—both the comedy itself and the beliefs, the prejudices, the limitations, and the variety in the society from which the plays emerged. The comedians’ responses to the barbarians ranged from idealization to neutrality to raw racism. Although contemptuous of barbarians, the Hellenes could not keep elements of foreign culture from entering their own. Long’s major contention is that the Greek reaction to Oriental and other foreign influence can be seen in the treatment of barbarians in Greek comedy. ; 240 pages