CLA232H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ethnography, Iranian Philosophy
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Greek used the barbarians as the other to compare others. Persians different ideas of what is important in life. Ethonography study of different groups of people. Bk 1-4, bk 5-9 military farts. A lot of trading between greek and persians. Aristocratic greeks looked at persians for an emulations. After persian war idea of the anti-greek. That too much wealth effeminate make them weak. Depicts the message of greeks as the powerful, dominant. 450 bd (490 80 bc was the persian wars) A. m. conquered by cyrus (greek colony) They were culturally greek but under persian monarchy. Persian war greek people asked for the greeks to interfere. Careau a different group his father was one. H part greek but asian" a unique viewpoint. Scholars believe h. travelled to where he describes. Autopsy seeing with your own eyes. Yet bias always from the greek standard. They have reversed the normal" human behaviour.
