Rethinking the Other in Antiquity

Rethinking the Other in Antiquity Gruen Erich S. Wydawca: Princeton University Press Data wydania: 2010 ISBN: 9780691148526 Liczba stron: 416 Format: 235 x 152 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: 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. This book demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts.