The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others / Edition 2

by Paul Cartledge

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192803887
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/05/2002
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.88(w) x 5.02(h) x 0.74(d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)

About the Author

Paul Cartledge is Reader in Greek History at the University of Cambridge. His publications include The Cambridge Illustrated History of Greece (CUP, 1997) and The Greeks (BBC, 2001).

Table of Contents

Prologue1. Significant Others: Us v. Them2. Inventing the Past: History v. MythEntr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others3. Alien Wisdom: Greeks v. Barbarians4. Engendering History: Men v. Women5. In the Club: Citizens v. Aliens6. Of Inhuman Bondage: Free v. Slave7. Knowing Your Place: Gods v. MortalsEpilogueFurther ReadingBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"The lively and succinct development of many ancient and modern arguments makes The Greeks a welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing and important debates"—Times Literary Supplement

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