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Livres anciens et modernes

Long, Timothy

BARBARIANS IN GREEK COMEDY Good with no dust jacket

Southern Illinois University Press, 1986

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Année
1986
Auteur
Long, Timothy
Éditeurs
Southern Illinois University Press
Thème
Social & Cultural Greek Literature Classical Greek & Roman Plays, & Drama Comedy
Description
Good with no dust jacket
Description
Hardcover ISBN 0809312484

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Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Pocket has been removed from ffep causing some damage. Else VG. ; 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