To Avenge the Burnt Statues and Temples of the Gods: The Religious Background of the Greek Wars with the “Barbarians”Footnote

This essay is partly based on a paper originally presented at ISSEI’s 15th International Conference, “What’s New in the New Europe?”, The University of Lodz, Poland, July 11–15, 2016.

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