Author: Sara ForsdykePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Recovers the voices, experiences and agency of enslaved people in ancient Greece.
Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece
Author: Sara ForsdykePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Recovers the voices, experiences and agency of enslaved people in ancient Greece.
Reconstructing the Slave
Author: Kelly L. WrenhavenPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0715638025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Although the importance of slavery to Greek society has long been recognised, most studies have primarily drawn upon representations of slaves as sources of evidence for the historical institution, while there has been little consideration of what the representations can tell us about how the Greeks perceived slaves and why. Although historical reality clearly played a part in the way slaves were represented, Reconstructing the Slave stresses that this was not the primary purpose of these images, which reveal more about how slave-owners perceived or wanted to perceive slaves than the reality of slavery. Through an examination of lexical, visual and literary representations of slaves, the book considers how the image of the slave was used to justify, reinforce and naturalize slavery in ancient Greece.
Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama
Author: Ben AkriggPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107008557
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Greek comedy offers a unique insight into the reality of life as a slave, giving this disenfranchised group a 'voice'.
Democracy’s Slaves
Author: Paulin IsmardPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674660072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Genesis -- Servants of the city -- Strange slaves -- The democratic order of knowledge -- The mysteries of the Greek state
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece!
Author: Fiona MacdonaldPublisher: The Salariya Book Company
ISBN: 1909645265
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like as a slave in ancient Greece. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.
Slavery in Ancient Greece
Author: Charles River Charles River EditorsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984949721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of slavery and debating its role in Greek society *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "A free man? There is no such thing! All men are slaves; some, slaves of money; some, of chance; others are forced, either by mass opinion, or the threatening law, to act against their nature." - Euripides, Hecuba Slavery was a universal and totally accepted feature of ancient Greek society, so much so that while the conditions under which slaves lived and worked varied considerably, many ordinary citizens kept at least one slave, often working alongside their owners, while larger commercial enterprises involved huge numbers, many of whom could rise to positions of authority and wealth. It was possible for some slaves to buy their freedom, while others lived and died in conditions of appalling brutality, notably in the silver mines at Laurium. The revenues from these mines paid for the fleet with which Athens defeated Xerxes and were the basis of the Attic owls, the four drachma coins that revolutionized the Athenian economy. The mines were often leased to contractors and worked by slaves and condemned criminals. The galleries averaged approximately three and a half feet in height, so most miners had to work on their hands and knees. Another specific group of slaves that suffered particularly brutal treatment was the pornai, slaves used in the brothels as prostitutes. While those sound like the conditions of slavery people are accustomed to hearing about in more modern times, other forms of slavery in Greece were quite unique, and perhaps fittingly, Sparta might have had the most unusual system of all. Sparta will forever be known for its military prowess, but the importance the Spartans placed upon being a warrior society meant their way of life was entirely dependent on a class of indentured servants known as the helots. The Spartans needed the helots to maintain the domestic front, but they also frequently brought helots to the battlefield with them, and they repeatedly had to turn their own hoplites on unruly helots to suppress potential rebellions. As this makes clear, however unpalatable it may be to modern historians who expound on the virtues of the Greek legacy to Western Civilization, it is indisputably the case that slavery constituted a central part of that legacy. Indeed, slavery underpinned to a large extent the very foundations of the classical Greek way of life. Slavery in Ancient Greece: The History of Slaves across the Greek City-States examines the different ways people were enslaved in Greece, and what the Ancient Greeks wrote about slavery. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about slavery in Greece like never before.
What is a Slave Society?
Author: Noel Emmanuel LenskiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107144892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Interrogates the traditional binary 'slave societies'/'societies with slaves' as a paradigm for understanding the global practice of slaveholding.
Slavery in Classical Greece
Author: N.R.E. FisherPublisher: Bristol Classical Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This is an authoritative and clearly written account of the main issues involved in the study of Greek slavery from Homeric times to the fourth century BC. It provides valuable insights into the fundamental place of slavery in the economies and social life of classical Greece, and includes penetrating analyses of the widely-held ancient ideological justifications of slavery. A wide range of topics is covered, including the development of slavery from Homer to the classical period, the peculiar form of community slaves (the helots) found in Sparta, economic functions and the treatment of slaves in Athens, and the evidence for slaves' resistance. Throughout the author shows how political and economic systems, ideas of national identity, work and gender, and indeed the fundamental nature of Greek civilisation itself, were all profoundly affected by the fact that many of the Greek city-states were slave societies. With 12 illustrations.
The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 3, AD 1420-AD 1804
Author: David EltisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521840686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.
The Ancient Greek Economy
Author: Edward M. HarrisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107035880
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Markets, Households and City-States in the Ancient Greek Economy brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy. The essays investigate the role of market-exchange in the economy of the ancient Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.