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Barbarian Asia and the Greek Experience: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Xenophon (Ancient Society and History) PDF

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BarbaArsiiaan and Gtrheee k Experience PERICLES GEORGES From Atrhceh aPiecr iod to the Age of Xenophon ThJeo hHnosp kiUnnsi vePrrseistsy ,BaltimLoorned oann d �'�\ /�iGt e ,·1. e�,,�.'. C" )\ .� §\A \lil\\l\\'l�S. W /! �� /'Nesbt\ I! lO\"'� /: : ©199T4h eJ ohnHso pkiUnnsi verPsrietsys Alrli ghrtess erved Prinitnet dhU en itSetda toefAs m eriocnaa c id-pfarpeeer TheJ ohnHso pkiUnnsi verPsrietsys 2715N ortChh arSlterse et BaltimMoarrey,l 2a1n2d1 4831-9 ThJeo hnHso pkiPnrse Lstsd L.o,n don ' LibroafrC yongrCeastsa loging-inD-aPtuab lication GeorgPeesr,i cles. BarbaArsiiaaann dt hGer eeekx per:if ernoc.met ahrec hpaeirci od tot haeg oef X enoph/Po enr iGceloersg es. p. cm-. (Anciseonctia entdhy i story) Inclubdiebsl iogrraepfheirceaannlcdi e nsd ex. ISB0N8- 01-84734(-a6cf irdep ea per) 1. Iran-Fpourbeloiipgcin n iGorne,e k2..A liens-Greece- Publoipci nio3n.P. u bloipci nion-Gr4e.Ie rcaen.- Relations-G5r.Ge reeceec.e -Relatio6n.Gs r-eIercaen­. Civilizat1i4o6Bn. -CT o I.T itlIeI.S. e ries. DS724.217G14969 4 935-dc20 933-6319 A catarleocgo frodtr h ibso oiksa vailfarbotlmhe B er itLiisbhr ary. '\<./Apb..B �1.T·HANO Y/\'TA. rl�·TO • N l).C IAKI - ',pWMl).OI· '+ b..WI NIb.•.. T W N• H· M MNH H+ Contents Prefacex iii Abbreviatixoinxs One MytholaongdRy e pretsaetnionG:r eTehke Approprioaftt ihWoeon r ld 1 WhatW asM ythF or? 1 TheP oweorf t heC anon 9 Two Asiaan dt he IomfaT gyer anny 13 TheG reekisnA sia 13 IoniaannsdL ydians 22 MennnaHdi stoTryyr,a nnayn,dD elphi 24 Tyranannyd B arbarism 37 Three TabuRalsaa: TheI vnentoifot nhP ee rsian4s 7 MemnoniSaunsa 48 Acquaintance5 1 Traayn dt heM ytho fP ersiOarni gins 58 Xerxetsh eA rgive 66 "Fiarned S harApr es" 71 Contents Four AeschyTlhueHs u:m aFna broiftc h Pee rsae7 6 TheG enrHei:s toaryn dT ragedy 76 ReaditnhgeP ersae 81 TheP roblems 86 TheA ction 90 Reality 94 TheE thoosfA eschylPuesr's ians 96 Gendearn dM indi nt heP ersae 102 AeschylDuasr'ius 109 TheE ntroopfyT yrannies 111 TheS ourcoefA eschylCuosn'c eopnt i 113 Five HerodoTtyupso'l oofHg eyl lenis1m 15 Prologue 115 EnteHre rodotus 123 PelasgainadnT sy rants 130 PisisuaLtyucsu,r gSuosl,o n 143 HeraclainddDs o rians 152 TheA lcmaeonaindds Athens 157 AppendiPxe.la sgiLaenlse,gC easu,c ones 163 Six HerodoTtyupso'l oofBg ayr baris1m 67 CroestuhseB a rbarian 169 Cyrus 176 Cambysaensd P ersiRaenl igion 186 Darius 195 Xerxes 199 A Mapo fH erodotWuosr'l d 203 Seven XenophTohneS: a traSpc iolfl us2 07 Filhrerprinz2i1p0 A Citoyf S laves 213 Homeo ft heF ree 215 XenophoPnr'isn ce 221 TheC yropaaesHd iisat ory 228 PathTohseM: o tivatoifto hneC yropaedi2a3 1 TheC yropaaenddH ieal las 233 x Contents Appendix2e4s1: PrejaugdaiMicenets aitAtc t sh ens2 41 ThHee lleAntitca cohftm hePenh tasm acid24s2 ConClusion2 44 Notes 247 Bibliograph3y2 5 Index 347

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From the beginning of Persian rule in Ionia, writes Pericles Georges, "the Greeks noted the public facts--things that could be seen and talked about, and become the common report. But the Persians for the most part remained a tabula rasa upon which the Greeks drew a portrait in their own idiom that
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