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Helots and Their Masters in Messenia and Laconia
Nino Luraghi (Ed.)
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Description for Helots and Their Masters in Messenia and Laconia
Paperback. These essays deal with the origins and historical development of Helotry, with its sociological, economic and demographic aspects, and with its ideological construction and negotiation. Editor(s): Luraghi, Nino (Assistant Professor of the Classics, Harvard University, USA); Alcock, Susan. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBTS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
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-needed reassessment of Helotry and of its place in the history and sociology of unfree labor. The essays deal with the origins and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Hellenic Studies Series
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674012233
SKU
V9780674012233
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About Nino Luraghi (Ed.)
Nino Luraghi is Professor of the Classics at Harvard University. Susan Alcock is John H. D'Arms Collegiate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics at the University of Michigan. Paul Cartledge is Professor of Greek History at Clare College, Cambridge. Thomas J. Figueria is a Professor at Rutgers University. Jonathan M. Hall is Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Helots and Their Masters in Messenia and Laconia
Altogether, these papers provide a stimulating overview of the major questions, debates, and methodologies in current scholarship on helotage in one accessible volume. This collection of engaging and often provocative papers should realize its editors’ interest in promoting future research on the history of the helots.
Ellen G. Millender
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Ellen G. Millender
Bryn Mawr Classical Review