Slavery and manumission

This chapter provides an overview of the legal contours of slavery in the ancient Greek world, looking at Homer and Hesiod, Gortyn, Sparta, Athens, and Ptolemaic Egypt. It concludes with an overview of manumission law.

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Main Author: Lewis, David
Other Authors: Harris, Edward
Format: Book Section
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50763/
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spelling nottingham-507632020-05-04T17:15:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50763/ Slavery and manumission Lewis, David This chapter provides an overview of the legal contours of slavery in the ancient Greek world, looking at Homer and Hesiod, Gortyn, Sparta, Athens, and Ptolemaic Egypt. It concludes with an overview of manumission law. Oxford University Press Harris, Edward Canevaro, Mirko 2015-08-10 Book Section NonPeerReviewed Lewis, David (2015) Slavery and manumission. In: Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199599257 Slavery property ownership law manumission freedmen Gortyn Athens Sparta http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199599257.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199599257-e-21 doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199599257.013.21 doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199599257.013.21
spellingShingle Slavery
property
ownership
law
manumission
freedmen
Gortyn
Athens
Sparta
Lewis, David
Slavery and manumission
title Slavery and manumission
title_full Slavery and manumission
title_fullStr Slavery and manumission
title_full_unstemmed Slavery and manumission
title_short Slavery and manumission
title_sort slavery and manumission
topic Slavery
property
ownership
law
manumission
freedmen
Gortyn
Athens
Sparta
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