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 | Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (Martin Classical Lectures) by Erich S. Gruen Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-691-14852-X / 069114852X ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14852-6 / 9780691148526 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. I | |