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Literature: Jordan 2000; Harris 2004; Eidinow and Taylor 2010; Vlassopoulos 2018b.

Lesis is sending this message to Xenokles and to his mother, not to overlook at all that he is perishing in the foundry, but to go to his masters and find something better for him. For I have been handed over to a very wicked man. I’m perishing from being whipped; I’m tied up; I’m treated like dirt – more and more.

 What might the relationship between Lesis and Xenokles be?

 Who are Lesis’ ‘masters’? How should we understand this term?

 What is he doing in the foundry? How is he treated there?

 Is Lesis a slave? What problems can you envisage for such an interpretation?

 If Lesis is not a slave, how do you envisage his status?

 How does Lesis try to sort out his problems? What connections and networks does he employ?