Читать книгу Greek and Roman Slaveries - Eftychia Bathrellou - Страница 16

In 412/1 BCE, in the course of the Peloponnesian War, the Chians asked for Spartan help to revolt from the Athenians, who then tried to reconquer the island. On the slaves of Chios, cf. 9.24, 11.6.

Literature: Luraghi 2009; Lewis 2018: 139–41.

The Chians had many slaves – a greater percentage than any other city, except that of the Lacedaemonians. And because they were so many, the punishments they used to receive for their offences were harsher. So, when the Athenian forces seemed firmly established with a fortified base, the majority of the slaves immediately deserted to them and, as they knew the land well, it was they who caused the greatest harm.

 Who are the slaves in Lacedaemon, who are compared with the slaves in Chios?

 Does this description of the servile groups of Sparta differ from the way they are described in 1.3?

 What makes possible the description of helots in such divergent ways?

 Should we prefer one description to another?

 How are Chian slaves treated? Why?

 If Athenian chattel slaves were unlikely to revolt (1.4), how do Chian chattel slaves compare? How can we explain such divergence?