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Full Title (English)
ERGA-LOGOI - Rivista di storia letteratura diritto e culture dell’antichità
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Publisher
LED Edizioni Universitarie
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Proprietary, a publisher’s product number
2 (Online Journal)
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ISSN
22823212 (Online Journal)
22809678 (Printed Journal)
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Journal Volume Number
5
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Journal Issue Number
2
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Journal Issue Designation
Vol 5, No 2 (2017)
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Journal Issue Date
2017
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Full Title (English)
Sui «Cari barbarofoni» di Il. II 867
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By (author)
Affiliation
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Number of Pages
14
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Language of text
English
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Publication Date
2018/01/04
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Publisher's own category code
autorappresentazione; Cari; Catalogo dei Troiani; identita etnica; Iliade; Carians; ethnic identity; Iliad; self-representation; Trojan Catalogue. ancient Rome; roman law; classical studies; classical civilization; archaeology; storia antica
Main description (English)
The adjective βαρβαρόφωνοι occurred for the first time in the Trojan Catalogue (Il. II 867). This term, which is generally interpreted as «of barbarian speech», is only used to describe the Carians contingent, although in the Trojan Catalogue all the allies listed are actually barbarians. Embracing an ethnic perspective, this paper is focused on the meaning of βαρβαρόφωνοι. It is argued that the poet used a Carian self-representation tale but he filtered this account through his Greek perspective. The poet, through his Greek perspective, would have turned the original pride to speak Carian into being βαρβαρόφωνοι.