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Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece

By Sara Forsdyke

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
1107658896, 9781107658899
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
19 MB (19572514 bytes)
Series
Key Themes in Ancient History
Pages
296\0
Time added
2021-10-18 13:58:56

Description

Slavery in ancient Greece was commonplace. In this book Sara Forsdyke uncovers the wide range of experiences of slaves and focuses on their own perspectives, rather than those of their owners, giving a voice to a group that is often rendered silent by the historical record. By reading ancient sources 'against the grain,' and through careful deployment of comparative evidence from more recent slave-owning societies, she demonstrates that slaves engaged in a variety of strategies to deal with their conditions of enslavement, ranging from calculated accommodation to full-scale rebellion. Along the way, she establishes that slaves made a vital contribution to almost all aspects of Greek society. Above all, despite their often brutal treatment, they sometimes displayed great ingenuity in exploiting the tensions and contradictions within the system of slavery.

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