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Helots and Their Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures

By Nino Luraghi (Editor), Susan Alcock (Editor), Paul Cartledge (Contribution by), Thomas J. Figueira (Contribution by), Jonathan M. Hall (Contribution by), Stephen Hodkinson (Contribution by), Nigel M. Kennell (Contribution by), Orlando Patterson (Contribution by), Kurt Raaflaub (Contribution by), Walter Scheidel (Contribution by), J. G. B. (Hans) van Wees (Contribution by)
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By Nino Luraghi (Editor), Susan Alcock (Editor), Paul Cartledge (Contribution by), Thomas J. Figueira (Contribution by), Jonathan M. Hall (Contribution by), Stephen Hodkinson (Contribution by), Nigel M. Kennell (Contribution by), Orlando Patterson (Contribution by), Kurt Raaflaub (Contribution by), Walter Scheidel (Contribution by), J. G. B. (Hans) van Wees (Contribution by)
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The name "Helots" evokes one of the most famous peculiarities of ancient Sparta, the system of dependent labor that guaranteed the livelihood of the free citizens. The Helots fulfilled all the functions that slaves carried out elsewhere in the Greek world, allowing their masters the leisure to be full-time warriors. Yet, despite their crucial role, Helots remain essentially invisible in our ancient sources and peripheral and enigmatic in modern scholarship.

This book is devoted to a much-ne...