Helots and their masters in Laconia and Messenia : histories, ideologies, structures / edited by N. Luraghi and S.E. Alcock.
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Cambridge, Mass. :
Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Distributed by Harvard University Press,
2003.
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| Physical Description: | vii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Researching the helots: details, methodologies, agencies / Alcock, S.E.
- Raising hell? the helot mirage, a personal re-view / P. Cartledge
- Conquerors and serfs: wars of conquest and forced labour in archaic Greece / H. van Wees
- Agreste genus: Helots in hellenistic Laconia / N.M. Kennell
- The imaginary conquest of the helots / N. Luraghi
- The Dorianization of the Messenians / J/M/ Hall
- Freedom for the Messenians? a note on the impact of slavery and helotage on the Greek concept of freedom / K.A. Raaflaub
- The demography of the Spartan helots / T.J. Figueira
- Helot numbers: a simplified model / W. Scheidel
- Spartiates, helots and the direction of the agrarian economy: towards an understanding of helotage in comparative perspective / S. Hodkinson
- Reflections on helotic slavery and freedom / O. Patterson.