CLA232H1 Lecture : Herodotus Book 1 1-93
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Barbaroi persians, or anyone from asian continent, think the only sound their language makes is barbarbar . Ionians: didn"t see difference in other races as a matter of skin colour but rather it was more cultural, depending on values, customs, etc, blacks ethiopia, darker men in egypt etc. Didn"t find important: asia was like greece in the beginning, an area made up of different polis, Lydia a polis: symposium the defining feature of athenians was borrowed from lydians. First paragraph, sharing the contact and conflict the greeks had with the others, describes achievement of both sides. Where does he start: croesus king of lydia, first contact from foreigner with greeks, 2 generations before persian wars, real historical figure, wasn"t. Persian but lydian: why start there, first contact with foreigner and conquest, positive and negative interaction, contact with solon reveals differences between both greeks and. Solon"s answer highlights the political differences between the.
