TY - JOUR
AU - West, William C.
AB - Ancient 459 War International History Project, minimizes the in­ terms of the convention of Greek tragedy, as divine volvement of Mao Zedong and especially of Joseph punishment of tyrannical power by free people. Darius Stalin in the plans of Kim II Sung. is presented as a foil for Xerxes: the good monarch The first third of this book, which focuses on East versus the hubristic son. Following the expectations of and Southeast Asia through the early 1970s, offers a the audience in 472 B.C., Persia is represented as a concise analysis of the origins and evolution of con­ slave society. flicts in these areas. As the scope of the coverage The two chapters on Herodotus are original but widens, however, the cohesiveness of the narrative controversial. "In this Lydian logos ... Herodotus lessens. The author describes in great detail events in presents Croesus apodictically, as the very exemplar of the Pacific Islands and American struggles against the barbarian who fails to understand Hellenic wisdom reformist or communist movements in Guatemala, and Hellenic divinity" (p. 129). Chapter 5 "examines Chile, EI Salvador, and Nicaragua. His transitions ambiguous and subtle treatment of the Athenians of from one nation or area to 
TI - Pericles Georges. Barbarian Asia and the Greek Experience: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Xenophon. (Ancient Society and History.) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1994. Pp. xx, 358. $42.50
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/101.2.459
DA - 1996-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/pericles-georges-barbarian-asia-and-the-greek-experience-from-the-NcsdaG07ZW
SP - 459
EP - 459
VL - 101
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -