Classical Studies 3310F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Odysseus, Dried Fruit, Manumission

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3310F/G
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Slaves were property: they can be bought or sold, given away in a will. Physically / sexually abused: one of the hallmarks of slavery is being answerable with your body. There is no legal recourse as the person is property. Assuming that 30% 35% of athens was made up of slaves: this would make athens a true slave based society. Mark of serious poverty if one did not have a slave. Cost: some could be bought for very little money and some could be bought for an astronomical amount. Slavery as a moral category: untrustworthy. This is why they were not allowed to join the army: less intelligent, no self control. Slaves in homer: certain slaves are integral to the function of the family. It is odysseus" old nurse who first recognizes them. Integral to the oikos oiketes, pais: male slave. Has oikos imbedded in it: another word for slave.