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Please give me examples of a culture's mythology impacting its interaction with outsiders. (BCE)?

I need to write a paper about a culture's mythology impacting its relations with outsiders from BC times, I can't use Native Americans from either continent, or the old testament jews.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    In ancient Greece, foreigners were under the protection of the chief of the Gods, namely Zeus, in his form as Xenios Dias. Thus, for a Greek of such religious - mythological - background, any foreigner had to be treated with care and respect.

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