Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Key Themes in Ancient History
ISBN-10
1107658896
ISBN-13
9781107658899
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 10th, 2021
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
480 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.80 x 2.00 cms
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A comprehensive account of the experiences of enslaved people in ancient Greece, from the moment of enslavement through death or the achievement of freedom. Focuses on the perspectives of the enslaved rather than slave owners, and shows the strategies they adopted to maximize their autonomy.
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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