Barbarians of Ancient Europe Realities and Interactions

Name: Barbarians of Ancient Europe Realities and Interactions
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ISBN: 9781107692404

ISBN-10: 1107692407

ISBN-13: 9781107692404

Edition: 2014

Authors: Larissa Bonfante

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The Barbarians of Ancient Europe deals with the reality of the indigenous peoples of Europe, in contrast to many publications that explore these peoples in the context of the Greek idea of "barbarians" as the "Other." These varied groups - Thracians, Scythians, Celts, Germans, Etruscans, and other peoples of Italy, the Alps, and beyond - had contact with one another and with Greek culture during its flowering. Images on the spectacular gold and silver objects buried in royal tombs show how the horse-riding nomads and the barbarian women warriors known in antiquity as Amazons saw themselves. Archaeological discoveries show how they dressed, what they ate and drank, where they lived, and how…

Book details

List price: $73.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/28/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 435
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.96" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 2.002




Classical and barbarian




Greek geography of western barbarians




The funeral of Scythian kings: the historical reality and the description of Herodotus (4.71-72)




Scythians: between mobility, tomb architecture and early urban structures




Philomele's tongue: pictorial language of myth in ancient Thrace




In the fabulous Celtic twilight




The ancient Germans




Etruscans and mediators between barbarians and classical civilization




The world of situla art




A barbarian myth? The case of the talking head




Romans and/as barbarians




Late barbarians and wine




Some final thoughts