THE ORIGINS OF EUROCENTRISM: GREEK IDEAS OF SUPREMACY
The work is devoted to the study of the development of the idea of the superiority of Western Europe over other peoples. The emphasis is on the study of the origins of Eurocentrism, which we see in antiquity. The military clash of the ancient Greeks and Persians are analyzed and conclusions are drawn about how it influenced the Hellenic identity. We study the changes in the perception of the Persians by the Greeks and the emergence of the idea of panellinism against this background. The ideology of panellinism we see as the apogee of the development of ideas of confrontation between Greeks and barbarians.