Slavery in Ancient Greece was acceptable and common, as in most organized societies of the time, yet with differences between ...

Next came the hoplites in two long lines, flanking the cargo mules; the Helot slave porters; and the noncombatants—physicians, artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, and tanners, bearing all the ...

As the culture conquered more and more lands, their helot numbers grew and grew. Don't worry though, the Spartans had their way to avoid a helot uprising. With such a large population of helots to ...

Because the helots were constantly rebelling, the Spartans attempted to control them by forming a secret society that annually murdered any helot suspected of encouraging subversion.

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Working the land is a gamble, one angry lifelong farmer tells THEO PANAYIDES, and credits praying to St Parthenios for curing his cancer Tractors parked in single file, blocking the road as far as ...

“Obviously, their appalling treatment of the helots is abhorrent, but at the same time, was it a lot worse being a helot than a slave down the silver mines in Athens? And certainly it’s better ...

A staple of New Orleans sports broadcasting for well over four decades, Ken Berthelot is a local broadcasting legend.