CLA232H1 Lecture : Lecture#1-Introduction to Greek Culture
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2012-01-09: greeks defined themselves by what they are not. Canadians are not english nor french: greeks were described as barbarians the word was used to describe. Phoenicians (b/c their dialect sounded like barb, barb, barb : herodotus: the babylonians are like the greeks except they prostitute their daughters, clothing distinguished the different cultures. Social structure: males vs. females, greeks defined their masculinity on clothing. Trousers worn by other cultures were viewed as something to hide : men were rational. Insider"s view on greek"s culture by getting an outsider view on these outer cultures: the barbarian is not a barbarian from their own perspective. Persians/egyptians talked to one another, they did not think they were. Barb, barb, barb : these cultures did not think they were inferior. For the others, greeks were viewed as barbarians. In this course, we will never see the perspective of the persians.
