Blacks in Antiquity Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience

Name: Blacks in Antiquity Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience
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ISBN: 9780674076266

ISBN-10: 0674076265

ISBN-13: 9780674076266

Edition: 1970

Authors: Frank M. Snowden, Frank M. Snowden

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The Africans who came to ancient Greece and Italy participated in an important chapter of classical history. Although evidence indicated that the alien dark- and black-skinned people were of varied tribal and geographic origins, the Greeks and Romans classified many of them as Ethiopians. In an effort to determine the role of black people in ancient civilization, Mr. Snowden examines a broad span of Greco-Roman experience--from the Homeric era to the age of Justinian--focusing his attention on the Ethiopians as they were known to the Greeks and Romans. The author dispels unwarranted generalizations about the Ethiopians, contending that classical references to them were neither…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 1970
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1970
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 390
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.19" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Frank M. Snowden, Jr., was Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at Howard University.




The Physical Characteristics of Ethiopians--the Textual Evidence


Appendix: Names of Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman World



The Physical Characteristics of Ethiopians--the Archaeological Evidence Illustrations



Greco-Roman Acquaintance with African Ethiopians



Greek Encounters with Ethiopian Warriors



Roman Encounters with Ethiopian Warriors



Ethiopians in Classical Mythology



Ethiopians in the Theater and Amphitheater



Greco-Roman Attitude toward Ethiopians--Theory and Practice



Early Christian Attitude toward Ethiopians--Creed and Conversion Blacks in a White Society--a Summation Illustrations


Notes


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