The Resource Rethinking the other in antiquity, Erich S. Gruen
Rethinking the other in antiquity, Erich S. Gruen
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- Summary
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- 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
- 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{u1D45}gyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners{u1D66}requently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. In this provocative book, 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{u1D61}nd even invented{u1D6B}inship relations and shared roots with diverse peoples. --
- Gruen shows how the ancients incorporated the traditions of foreign nations, and imagined blood ties and associations with distant cultures through myth, legend, and fictive histories. He looks at a host of creative tales, including those describing the founding of Thebes by the Phoenician Cadmus, Rome's embrace of Trojan and Arcadian origins, and Abraham as ancestor to the Spartans. Gruen gives in-depth readings of major texts by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plutarch, Julius Caesar, Tacitus, and others, in addition to portions of the Hebrew Bible, revealing how they offer richly nuanced portraits of the alien that go well beyond stereotypes and caricature. --Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 415 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Connections with the "other". Foundation legends
- Fictitious kinships: Greeks and others
- Fictitious kinships: Jews and others
- Cultural interlockings and overlappings
- Isbn
- 9780691148526
- Label
- Rethinking the other in antiquity
- Title
- Rethinking the other in antiquity
- Statement of responsibility
- Erich S. Gruen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- 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
- 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{u1D45}gyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners{u1D66}requently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. In this provocative book, 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{u1D61}nd even invented{u1D6B}inship relations and shared roots with diverse peoples. --
- Gruen shows how the ancients incorporated the traditions of foreign nations, and imagined blood ties and associations with distant cultures through myth, legend, and fictive histories. He looks at a host of creative tales, including those describing the founding of Thebes by the Phoenician Cadmus, Rome's embrace of Trojan and Arcadian origins, and Abraham as ancestor to the Spartans. Gruen gives in-depth readings of major texts by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plutarch, Julius Caesar, Tacitus, and others, in addition to portions of the Hebrew Bible, revealing how they offer richly nuanced portraits of the alien that go well beyond stereotypes and caricature. --Book Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gruen, Erich S
- Dewey number
- 930.1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CB251
- LC item number
- .G78 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Martin classical lectures
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Greece
- Rome
- Culture conflict
- Civilization, Classical
- Label
- Rethinking the other in antiquity, Erich S. Gruen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- Connections with the "other". Foundation legends -- Fictitious kinships: Greeks and others -- Fictitious kinships: Jews and others -- Cultural interlockings and overlappings
- Control code
- 587249146
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 415 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691148526
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2010014739
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)587249146
- Label
- Rethinking the other in antiquity, Erich S. Gruen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- Connections with the "other". Foundation legends -- Fictitious kinships: Greeks and others -- Fictitious kinships: Jews and others -- Cultural interlockings and overlappings
- Control code
- 587249146
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 415 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691148526
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2010014739
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)587249146
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