Anthony Pagden is a professor of political science and history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Is there anything the United States can learn from this ancient, sordid affair that put an empire on the path to destruction?
Europeans came to believe everything beautiful emanated from the Caucasus. The journey of their swarthy Mediterranean forebears was transformed into a caricature of the white marble statues they left behind.
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