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The Greeks used the term as they encountered scores of [[different]] foreign [[cultures]], including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptians Egyptians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_people Persians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts Celts], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania Germans], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicians Phoenicians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization Etruscans], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage Carthaginians]. It, in [[fact]], became a common term to refer to all foreigners. However in various occasions, the term was also used by Greeks, especially the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenians Athenians], to deride other [[Greek]] [[tribes]] and [[states]] (such as Epirotes, Eleans and Aeolic-speakers) in a pejorative and [[politically]] [[motivated]] [[manner]]. Of course, the term also carried a [[cultural]] [[dimension]] to its [[dual]] [[meaning]]. The verb βαρβαρίζειν (barbarízein) in ancient Greek meant imitating the [[linguistic]] sounds non-Greeks made or making [[grammatical]] errors in [[Greek]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian]
The Greeks used the term as they encountered scores of [[different]] foreign [[cultures]], including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptians Egyptians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_people Persians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts Celts], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania Germans], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicians Phoenicians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization Etruscans], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage Carthaginians]. It, in [[fact]], became a common term to refer to all foreigners. However in various occasions, the term was also used by Greeks, especially the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenians Athenians], to deride other [[Greek]] [[tribes]] and [[states]] (such as Epirotes, Eleans and Aeolic-speakers) in a pejorative and [[politically]] [[motivated]] [[manner]]. Of course, the term also carried a [[cultural]] [[dimension]] to its [[dual]] [[meaning]]. The verb βαρβαρίζειν (barbarízein) in ancient Greek meant imitating the [[linguistic]] sounds non-Greeks made or making [[grammatical]] errors in [[Greek]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian]
==Quotes==
1.We do not regard a planet as having emerged from ''barbarism'' so
long as one [[Gender|sex]] seeks to [[tyrannize]] over the other. ([[49:4|49:4.4]])
2. In the days of ''barbarism'' it was [[dangerous]] to know very much; there was
always the [[chance]] of being [[executed]] as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_magic black artist].([[88:6|88:6.6]])
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[[Category: General Reference]]
