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Paperback Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy Book

ISBN: 0198147805

ISBN13: 9780198147800

Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy

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Incest, polygamy, murder, sacrilege, impalement, castration, female power, and despotism are some of the images used by Athenian tragedians to define the non-Greek, "barbarian" world. This book explains for the first time the reasons behind their singular fascination with barbarians. Edith Hall sets the Greek plays against the historical background of the Panhellenic wars, and the establishment of an Athenian empire based on democracy and slavery...

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