ABSTRACT
Intercultural communication studies have a long history, much longer and more extensive than the current literature indicates. Historical and cultural research is needed to unfold the diversity and complexity of the methodological and epistemological aspects of intercultural relations. This study examines the intercultural communication and interactions in the ancient times with special focus on the Persian-Greek relations. It looks at the parochialism, ethnocentrism and nationalism associated with the East vs. West dichotomy. The study makes two recommendations: to reread the foundation of Western philosophy that underlines intercultural communication and to excavate the cracks of our archives and to open the Western civilisation to its forgotten past so that we may trace the cultural borrowings that shape interactions of civilisations possible.
