SLAVERY IN ATHENS AND SPARTA

ATHENS

• estimated 140,000 citizens
• 40,000 free citizens

SOCIAL SYSTEM

• slaves
• metics
• women
• citizens

SLAVES

• Stoics first to question slavery
• fundamental to Athenian economy and society
• slaves could be tutors
• domestic slaves seen as part of the family

SPARTA

• helots
• periokoi
• mothakes
• spartiates

HELOTS' RIGHTS

• marry whoever, whenever
• passed name to children
• share their crops
• buy their freedom

HELOTS

• state-owned slaves
• treated very harshly
• outnumbered Spartan citizens 20:1
• Spartans worried Helots would revolt
• basis of Spartan economy

SOURCES

• pbs.org
• sites.google.com