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The helots (/ˈhɛləts, ˈhiːləts/; Greek: εἵλωτες, heílotes) were a subjugated group that constituted a majority of the population of Laconia and Messenia – the territories ruled by Sparta in Ancient Greece. There has been controversy since antiquity as to their exact characteristics, such as whether they constituted an Ancient Greek tribe, a social class…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helots | is a | central and symbolic moment of their reduction to serfhood | 0.90 | text |
| Thermopylae | instance of | the mothakes were an independent freeborn group of helots.Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers… | 0.80 | text |
| Plataea | instance of | the mothakes were an independent freeborn group of helots.Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers… | 0.80 | text |
| often lightly equipped compared to their hoplite counterparts | instance of | the mothakes were an independent freeborn group of helots.Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers… | 0.80 | text |
| Thermopylae | instance of | Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers in battles | 0.80 | text |
| Plataea | instance of | Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers in battles | 0.80 | text |
| often lightly equipped compared to their hoplite counterparts | instance of | Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers in battles | 0.80 | text |
| Stephanus of Byzantium | instance of | Commentators | 0.80 | text |
| Helots | related to A special case: mothakes and mothones | Phylarchus | 0.60 | section |
| Helots | related to A special case: mothakes and mothones | Spartan | 0.60 | section |
| Helots | related to A special case: mothakes and mothones | Classical | 0.60 | section |
| Helots | related to A special case: mothakes and mothones | Nevertheless | 0.60 | section |
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