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Author Snowden, Frank M., 1911-2007.

Title Blacks in antiquity; Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman experience [by] Frank M. Snowden, Jr.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  913.397 SN62    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  913.38 S674B    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The physical characteristics of Ethiopians-the textual evidence -- The physical characteristics of Ethiopians-the archaeological evidence -- Greco-Roman acquaintance with African Ethiopians -- Greek encounters with Ethiopian warriors -- Roman encounters with Ethiopian warriors -- Ethiopians in classical mythology -- Ethiopians in the theater and amphitheater -- Greco-Roman attitude toward Ethiopians-creed and conversion -- Blacks in a white society-a summation.
Subject Greece -- Civilization -- African influences.
Rome -- Civilization -- African influences.
Black people -- Rome.
Black people -- Greece.
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
Indexed Term African Americans Classical antiquity
Other Form: Online version: Snowden, Frank M., 1911-2007. Blacks in antiquity. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970 (OCoLC)568754587
Online version: Snowden, Frank M., 1911-2007. Blacks in antiquity. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970 (OCoLC)606497134
ISBN 0674076257
9780674076259
0674076265 paperback
9780674076266 paperback
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