This chapter examines the role of stereotypes, especially ethnic stereotypes, in the European and Greek contexts. Stereotypes as categories of meaning and as communicative currency are studied. A brief historical account of the European Others and how they were contextualized in the Greek context is explored with emphasis on the Enlightenment period and the formation of the Greek state, the Cold War and Greek Diasporas from the Black Sea and the former socialist countries and the current refugee crisis.