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 source...

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1. Verfasser:	Forsdyke, Sara 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:	Key themes in ancient history
Schlagworte:	Sozialgeschichte Slavery / Greece / History / To 1500 Sklaverei Sklave Greece / History / 146 B.C.-323 A.D. Griechenland > Altertum
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Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021)
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xv, 277 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781139505772
DOI:	10.1017/9781139505772