Greeks - A Portrait of Self and Others

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a challenging answer to the question: "Who were the Classical Greeks?", Paul Cartledge here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1: Significant Others: Us v. Them 2: Inventing the Past: History v. Myth Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others 3: Alien Wisdom: Greeks v. Barbarians 4: Engendering History: Men v. Women 5: In the Club: Citizens v. Aliens 6: Of Inhuman Bondage: Free v. Slave 7: Knowing Your Place: Gods v. Mortals Epilogue Further Reading Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Paul Cartledge, Paul ( Cartledge, Cartledge Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2002
• EAN: 9780192803887
• ISBN: 978-0-19-280388-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory