CLA232H1 Lecture : Wednesday February 1.docx
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The difference between greek and the persian other is how they define their happiness. For the persian prince it is his power and wealth. For the greek it is for family, humility, a beautiful death, a strong polis. These are the differences that lead to the persian war. Cyrus the asian learns about the wisdom of the greeks. Ethnos- is a word for a cultural group. Culture and war are divided but also intertwined. Herodotus tries to see the persians through their own eyes and see the greeks through the eyes of the other. Greeks didn"t have much cultural production during the arcaic period. They looked at asia as rich and cultural attainment. The aristocratic greeks followed the persians and dressed up as them. They were boring some of their cultural attributes from the persian. If the greek wants to be presitage they would go drink in a symposium.
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