CLA232H1 Lecture 7: Lecture 7 and 8

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Main thing that united greeks was that they weren"t not greeks/barbarians. Foreigners helped define greeks as greeks: defined them by geography (lived in asia, divided by hellespont) but greeks also lived in. Asia minor so no perfect explanation, also defined by language (barbarian = barbaroi, foreign languages sound like gibberish to greeks) Cultural differences (i. e. what ate, form of government) most important to greeks. Problem with cultural differences is greeks seem to have borrowed from the persians (i. e. alphabet, symposium, certain cults) Differences never determined by race (skin colour) Trojan war trojans ancestors of the persians but in the illiad, shows a lot of sympathy for the. Trojans, the trojans are seen as their own people with integrity. By classical period, the persians are just anti-greeks, complete opposite of greeks. Important win for greece, made a mark for itself in the mediterranean, gave them new sense of unity, strength and superiority.

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