LEADER 05099nam 2200877Ia 450 001 9910807096003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93649-2 010 $a9786612936494 010 $a1-4008-3655-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400836550 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059233 035 $a(EBL)664549 035 $a(OCoLC)703155982 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11284030 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10436150 035 $a(PQKB)10360446 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000702959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12312887 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000702959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10690011 035 $a(PQKB)10697894 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36756 035 $a(DE-B1597)446873 035 $a(OCoLC)979754802 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400836550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL664549 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435980 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293649 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664549 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31773019 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31773019 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059233 100 $a20100409d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRethinking the other in antiquity /$fErich S. Gruen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 415 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aMartin classical lectures 311 0 $a0-691-15635-2 311 0 $a0-691-14852-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. IMPRESSIONS OF THE "OTHER" --$tCHAPTER ONE. Persia in the Greek Perception: Aeschylus and Herodotus --$tCHAPTER TWO. Persia in the Greek Perception: Xenophon and Alexander --$tCHAPTER THREE. Egypt in the Classical Imagination --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Punica Fides --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Caesar on the Gauls --$tCHAPTER SIX. Tacitus on the Germans --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Tacitus and the Defamation of the Jews --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. People of Color --$tPART II. CONNECTIONS WITH THE "OTHER" --$tCHAPTER NINE. Foundation Legends --$tCHAPTER TEN. Fictitious Kinships: Greeks and Others --$tCHAPTER ELEVEN. Fictitious Kinships: Jews and Others --$tCHAPTER TWELVE. Cultural Interlockings and Overlappings --$tConclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Citations --$tSubject Index 330 $aPrevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. In this provocative book, Erich Gruen demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts, how they expressed admiration for the achievements and principles of other societies, and how they discerned--and even invented--kinship relations and shared roots with diverse peoples. Gruen shows how the ancients incorporated the traditions of foreign nations, and imagined blood ties and associations with distant cultures through myth, legend, and fictive histories. He looks at a host of creative tales, including those describing the founding of Thebes by the Phoenician Cadmus, Rome's embrace of Trojan and Arcadian origins, and Abraham as ancestor to the Spartans. Gruen gives in-depth readings of major texts by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plutarch, Julius Caesar, Tacitus, and others, in addition to portions of the Hebrew Bible, revealing how they offer richly nuanced portraits of the alien that go well beyond stereotypes and caricature. Providing extraordinary insight into the ancient world, this controversial book explores how ancient attitudes toward the Other often expressed mutuality and connection, and not simply contrast and alienation. 410 0$aMartin classical lectures (Unnumbered).$nNew series. 606 $aGreeks$xAttitudes$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aRomans$xAttitudes$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aAliens$zGreece$xPublic opinion$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aAliens$zRome$xPublic opinion$xHistory 606 $aCulture conflict$xHistory 606 $aCivilization, Classical 607 $aGreece$xCivilization$yTo 146 B.C$xForeign influences 607 $aRome$xCivilization$xForeign influences 615 0$aGreeks$xAttitudes$xHistory 615 0$aRomans$xAttitudes$xHistory 615 0$aAliens$xPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aAliens$xPublic opinion$xHistory. 615 0$aCulture conflict$xHistory. 615 0$aCivilization, Classical. 676 $a930.1 686 $aNH 8575$2rvk 700 $aGruen$b Erich S$0172863 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807096003321 996 $aRethinking the other in antiquity$9257022 997 $aUNINA