Description
| Product ID: | 9781107658899 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Key Themes in Ancient History |
| Title: | Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece |
| Authors: | Author: Sara Forsdyke |
| Page Count: | 200 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, Ancient history, Social and cultural history, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Social & cultural history, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient World |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-06-10 |