OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
Paper 2
Revise: GreeceGreek stories could present them as ‘barbarians’: outsiders whose customs opposed Greek values. That label tells us about Greek attitudes, not that the Amazons were objectively inferior.
- Revise: Greece
An ancient Greek term for a non-Greek person. Jason uses the translated term ‘barbarians’ to emphasise Medea’s foreignness.