{"product_id":"9780691156354-rethinking-the-other-in-antiquity","title":"Gruen Erich S. - Rethinking The Other In Antiquity - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Prevalent 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Rethinking The Other In Antiquity\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Gruen Erich S.\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780691156354\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 416 Pages, 8 Halftones.\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 9\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Martin Classical Lectures\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Social \u0026amp; Cultural History","brand":"Gruen Erich S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49596805447985,"sku":"IN-G-9780691156354","price":35.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780691156354.jpg?v=1754889970","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780691156354-rethinking-the-other-in-antiquity","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}