Look up: Helots


  1. Helots
    The helots: Εἵλωτες / Heílôtes) were an unfree population group that formed the main population of Laconia and the whole of Messenia (areas of Sparta). Their exact status was already disputed in antiquity: according to Critias, they were "especially slaves" whereas to Pollux, they occupie...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helots

  2. helots
    helots: see Sparta, Greece.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0914272.html

  3. Helots
    The Helots were slaves in ancient Sparta. They were the property of the state, which alone had the disposal of their life and freedom, and which assigned them to certain citizens, by whom they were employed in private labours. Agriculture and all mechanical arts at Sparta were in their hands, and th...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXH.HTM

  4. Helots
    Agrarian serfs who worked in bondage for their Spartan masters. Originally from Greek communities around the Peloponnese that were defeated and enslaved by the Spartans, they grew in subsequent generations to be fairly devoted bondsmen to their Spartan overlords. Even so, the Spartans kept a close e...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21596

  5. helots
    1) Ancient serfs 2) Slaves 3) Spartan serfs
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/helots/1

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