How did Greeks view all non Greek people as?

"The Greeks have characterized him over the borders of the world" barbaric ", a Word to designate only the first of his speech incomprehensible. " But in the 5th century the Word took on a negative connotation it has today, that is, except an alien "also meant"retarded "and" brutal. "If you asked a Greek what distinguishes his own nation fromthe rest, likely answer would be that the Greeks are free, while the barbarians areslaves. The answer is not bad, though This sense of superiority was likely to beexogkothei chauvinism and used as an excuse for enslaving the tribes consideredinferior. Greeks in the 4th century was clearly the conscience of belonging to a culturewith certain characteristics to such an extent that Isocrates , in a speech praising theintellectual achievements of Athens, to proclaim that the "Greek"does not refer to raceanymore, but any familiarity with the Athenian culture. "