Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy by Edith Hall

Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy

Edith Hall

296 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 ...

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