Gruen, Erich S. — Rethinking the Other in Antiquity

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 2012. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of the Third Printing and the First Paper Edition Thus. Unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial card-stock wraps. From the publisher blurb, "Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. In this provocative book, Erich Gruen demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts, how they expressed admiration for the achievements and principles of other societies, and how they discerned--and even invented--kinship relations and shared roots with diverse peoples." Another fine contribution to the Martin Classical Lectures series. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv [2], 2-415 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New