Within the frame of the sub-series Athenian Dialogues, this volume
comprises a selected number of talks delivered at the annual
Seminar of the Research Centre for Greek and Latin Literature of
the Academy of Athens 2018-2019 on the broad topic of Ancient Greek
Literature and the Foreign. The volume aims at building on the
ongoing dialogue on the par excellence intricate, as well as timely
issues of "ethnicity," identity, and identification, as represented
in ancient Greek (and, secondarily, Roman) literature. This is
certainly a richly researched field, which extends to
interdisciplinary areas of inquiry, namely those of classical
studies, archaeology, ancient history, sociology, and anthropology.
It is this interdisciplinary scope that makes the subject all the
more relevant and worthy of investigation. The volume ultimately
highlights new or under-researched aspects of the broad theme of
ancient inter-cultural relations, which could in their turn lead to
more detailed or more specified inquiries on this ever relevant and
important, as well as universal, topic. Through the contributions
of expert scholars on these areas of inquiry (Konstan, Lefkowitz,
Paschalis, Seaford, Thomas, Vasounia, Vlassopoulos), the volume:
(1) revisits key themes and aspects of the ancient Greek world's
diverse forms of contact with foreign peoples and civilizations,
(2) lays forth new data about specific such contacts and encounters
or (3) formulates new questions about the very texture and essence
of the theme of inter-cultural relations and forms of
communication. More specifically, the volume addresses the
following themes: the overarching role and function of the
barbarian repertoire in Greek literature and culture, which
certainly call for further theoretical investigation
(Vlassopoulos); the highly popular but actually controversial theme
of xenia in the Homeric epics and in archaic thought (Konstan); the
intricate, intriguing role of the Foreigner as a focus for civic
unity (Seaford); the role of the enigmatic figure of Dionysus from
Greece to India (Vasunia); the representation of barbarians in
Euripidean tragedy, and more specifically the portrayal of the
controversial Phrygian slave in Euripides' Orestes (Lefkowitz); the
meaningful changes in the representation of the arch-enemy, the
Persians, across the late 5th and 4th century prose (Thomas); the
adventures of Europa's legendary abduction from Moschus to Nonnus,
along with its implications for the understanding of the division
and animosity between the two continents, (future) Europe and Asia
(Paschalis). The volume ultimately covers a wide range of ancient
sources (literary and material, from Homer up to Nonnus) that delve
into the interaction of ancient Greek civilization with foreign
civilizations. It thus highlights new aspects of the diverse forms
of contact of the Greek world with foreign civilizations and
elements, both in terms of geography and particular seminal
"mythical" or historical figures and forces (e.g. India and the
"mysterious" Dionysus, as well as the emblematic Greek antagonist
of the classical and post-classical era, i.e. the Persian Empire)
and in terms of particular literary themes and motifs (e.g. the
abduction of Europa).
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