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Travel and Conquest (Volume A)
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
• snake as deity• follower• proverbs• colophon• interwoven stories
Shipwrecked Sailor (2)
Semna Stela of Senwosret III
• military campaign, imperialism
• Uronarti, Semna• Nubians
Herodotus
• nomos• Histories• abduction of women• Persian culture
• relevance of the birthday
• social practices (kissing, prostration)
• appropriate public behavior (inebriation)
• assimilation of foreign cultural practices
• family values and education
• law enforcement and penal consequences
Herodotus: Persian Ethnography
Herodotus: Persian Ethnography (2)
• slavery • honesty
Aeschylus, Persians
• Persian-Greek War• battle at Salamis, 480
C.E.
• democracy • Xerxes, Darius• fate• Chorus
“Everything grows much bigger and finer in Asia , and the nature of the land is tamer, while the character of the inhabitants is milder and less passionate.…extremes of both heat and cold being avoided, account for their mental flabbiness and cowardice as well” (p. 932).
Airs, Water, Places
Seneca
• slaves• loyalty• respect• freedom • compassion• epistle
“It is as easy for you to see in him a free-born man as for him to see a slave in you.”
“Treat your inferiors as you would like to be treated by your superiors” (p. 938).
“Value them according to their character, not their jobs” (p. 938).
Slavery in Ancient Greece
How would knowing the origins of the conflict be of use to Herodotus and the Greeks? Is it significant that he places the source of these conflicts in dealings with women?
Discussion Questions
What conception of human nature is contained in these texts? What essential traits of human beings do all of the texts agree upon, despite cultural differences?
Discussion Questions
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