Note 267:3 — Chapter XXVII
Reading edition
"The Egyptians call all men 'barbarians' who do not speak the same language as themselves." (Herodotus, book ii. ch. 158.)
"By 'barbarians' the Greeks meant all who were not sprung from themselves—all foreigners." (Henry Cary, translator of Herodotus.)
The Chinese call the English, and all foreigners from western countries, "western barbarians;" the Japanese were called by them the "eastern barbarians." (See Thornton's History of China, vol. i.)
The Jews considered all who did not belong to their race to be heathens and barbarians.
The Christians consider those who are not followers of Christ Jesus to be heathens and barbarians.
The Mohammedans consider all others to be dogs, infidels, and barbarians.