The Greeks
Subtitle: a portrait of self and others
By: Paul Cartledge.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: National characteristics, Greek; Difference (Philosophy); Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C
Description: "The Greeks were the inventors of history as we understand it. Yet their historiography remained rooted in myth, and the social context of the inventions for which we rightly treasure their achievements - democracy, philosophy, theatre - was often deeply alien to our own way of thinking and acting. The aim of this book is to explore that achievement.

Paul Cartledge does so by presenting a fascinating portrait of the Greeks in terms of their own self-image, and explores how the dominant Greeks - adult, male, citizens - sought, with limited success, to define themselves in polar opposition to non-Greeks, women, non-citizens, slaves, and gods."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-252) and index.
"An OPUS book."