In ancient greece, says painter, there was no notion of race. People could look at other people and see some people were lighter and some people were darker. So if race didn't exist for the greeks, does that mean they saw all humans as equal? Ah, no, for culture. A the ancient greeks naturally thought that their culture was the best and that they were the civilized people. And other people barbarians. The ethiopians to the south, who happened to be darker, good looking or not, they were barbarians. But so were the pasty people to the east. To northwest, the celts,. That word celt comes from