The Greeks : a portrait of self and others / Paul Cartledge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cartledge, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Difference (Philosophy).

National characteristics, Greek.

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xv, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Who were the Classical Greeks? This book provides an original and challenging answer by exploring how Greeks (adult, male, citizen) defined themselves in opposition to a whole series of others (non-Greeks, women, slaves, non-citizens, and gods) as presented by supposedly objective historians of the time such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Cartledge looks at the achievements and legacy of the Greeks - history, democracy, philosophy and theatre - and the mental and material contexts of these inventions which are often deeply alien to our own way of thinking and acting. This new edition contains an updated bibliography, a new chapter entitled "Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others," and a new afterword.

Contents:

Map 1. Hellas: The Greek World c.400 BCE viii

Map 2. The Aegean Heartland x

1. Significant Others: Us v. Them 8

2. Inventing the Past: History v. Myth 18

Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others 36

3. Alien Wisdom: Greeks v. Barbarians 51

4. Engendering History: Men v. Women 78

5. In the Club: Citizens v. Aliens 105

6. Of Inhuman Bondage: Free v. Slave 133

7. Knowing Your Place: Gods v. Mortals 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0192803883

OCLC:

49906926