Slaves and slavery in ancient Greece / Sara Forsdyke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forsdyke, Sara, 1967- author.

Series:

Key themes in ancient history.

Key themes in ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Greece--History--To 1500.

Slavery.

Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-009-06429-0

1-009-06397-9

1-139-50577-7