Helot

Being born a Helot in Sparta was a crime punishable by death.

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Being born a Helot in Sparta was a crime punishable by death.

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First off they are not entirely, or even to the extreme, of being a Helot class.

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Once, when they were afraid of the number and vigour52 of the Helot youth, this was what they did: They proclaimed that a selection would be made of those Helots who claimed to have rendered the best service to the Lacedaemonians in war, and promised them liberty.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

The secret of this protracted resistance was a proclamation issued by the Lacedaemonians offering large fixed prices, and freedom if he were a Helot, to any one who would convey into the island meal, wine, cheese or any other provision suitable for a besieged place.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

The Lacedaemonians, who at that time held the town, had settled there the Aeginetan exiles,36 whom they wished to requite for services rendered to them at the time of the earthquake and the Helot revolt, and also because they had always been partisans of theirs, although subjects of the Athenians.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Helot humility, I could not love, I could scarcely pity her.

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Some others had crossed over before in relief parties, but these last who were left there were four hundred and twenty in number, with their Helot attendants, commanded by Epitadas, son of

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

The Lacedaemonians had once raised up some Helot suppliants from the temple of Poseidon at Taenarus, led them away and slain them; for which they believe the great earthquake at Sparta to have been a retribution.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

The Spartans had once raised up some Helot suppliants from the temple of Poseidon at Taenarum, led them away, and slain them; for which they believe the great earthquake at Sparta to have been a retribution.

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