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greek identity - Coggle Diagram
greek identity
Binary Opposites
ideas of Greek vs. other - for example Greek vs. Persian
seen clearly within their art and the lack of similarities between Persians and Greeks - weapons and clothing
examples include weapon choice, clothing, body language, appearance
Persians often seen as highly feminised
PERSIANS VS GREEKS
Persian similarities to greeks
individual rulers of states. for examples Satraps individually rule their allocated province like leaders of areas within Greece rule their Poleis
similarities between greeks
language
Gods
customs
Ancestry (loosely)
differences between Persian and greek
anthropomorphic nature of the gods in Greece where the persians did not do this
differences between greeks
political systems within each Poleis vary. for example there is democracy within Athens, yet an Oligarchy in Sparta
developing ideas of what it was to be greek resulted in using barbarian as a way to define what a greek wasn't
page 30 of textbooks
Greek States and range of cultures
Poleis- autonomy and politics
Extent of a cultural identity