Hellenikon e coscienza europea

In the Greek world, “Europe” was a mythical figure and a geographical con- cept, with more or less broad coordinates; but it was also a universe of values, especially political ones. The Europe of the ancients is essentially the realm of freedom, where one can live as a citizen, as opposed to Asia, the place of servi- tude, where one lives as a subject: a contrast that matures in the context of the Persian wars. In Greek thought, Europa and Hellenikon tend to be identified