BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoIt's really not a big deal.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1919arrow-down160
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minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agoSo, you’re talking about the people that emulated greek culture as they viewed it as more refined than their own?
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoYeah! I mean they took a good idea and spread it around way more effectively than the Greeks did
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThe Greeks were isolationists. Each city-state considered itself the center of the world. It wasn’t on their list of priorities to share or spread their culture, unless it involved complete obliteration by conquest.
So, you’re talking about the people that emulated greek culture as they viewed it as more refined than their own?
Yeah! I mean they took a good idea and spread it around way more effectively than the Greeks did
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The Greeks were isolationists. Each city-state considered itself the center of the world. It wasn’t on their list of priorities to share or spread their culture, unless it involved complete obliteration by conquest.