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 caricature. I...

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Main Author: Gruen, Erich S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2011]
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