Posted by Mike on July 30, 19103 at 10:42:57:

In Reply to: the histories posted by carrie brown on August 29, 1999 at 21:31:12:

: what does herodotus means by the term barbarians

I believe that Bar Bar was the sound that the sheep made, according to the ancient Greeks (whereas we say Baa Baa). They used BarBars or BarBarians to refer to anyone who did not speak Greek, and therefore sounded as silly (to them) as sheep.

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