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Barbarians?

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:39 am
by kbs2244
And how long have we thought of them as cave dwelling “barbarians”
Because of the Greek description of them?

http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_802616557


For barbarians, they had some pretty nice stuff

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:31 pm
by Minimalist
The Greeks considered any non-Greek a barbarian. Kind of like Sarah Palin and "real Americans!"

Barbarian

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:07 pm
by Cognito
Min, as you are aware, the Greek word "barbaros" translated to "foreigner" - anyone non-Greek. Only in recent times has the term taken on negative connotations, with the exception of Palin of course. :D