Slavery in Classical Greece
Series: Classical World Series
Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Published: August 27, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781853991349
Subjects: Cultural studies; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Slavery & emancipation; History: World; History - General History; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient History; History / Ancient / Rome; Ancient - General
First sentence: Scholars of classical Greece and visitors to Greece have always admired - and with good reason - that civilization's major achievements: the splendid buildings and works of art, the profound works of literature and philosophy, and the development of new political ideas and institutions, above all, the ideas of freedom, active citizenship, and participatory democracy.