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Helots

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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related to Helots and klēroi · 26
Helots → According, Alcibiades, Also, BC, Finally, However, In, King Agis II, Like, Messenia, Messenian, Messenian War, Pausanias, Plutarch, Second Messenian War, Secondly, Some, Sparta, Spartan, Spartans
related to Third Messenian War · 20
Helots → According, Aithaia, Also, BC, Byzantium, Commentators, Conversely, Greek, He, Ithome, Laconia, Laconian, Messenian, Mt, Pausanias, Stephanus, The, The Great Helot Revolt, Thouria, Thucydides
related to Demography · 19
Helots → According, Battle, BC, Cinadon, Greek, Hellenica, Herodotus, III, Peers, Peloponnesian War, Plataea, Probably, Simultaneously, Since, Sparta, Spartans, Spartiate, The, Xenophon
related to Etymology · 18
Helots → According, Antiochus, Athenaeus, Hellanicus, Helos, In, Its, Lacedaemonian, Lacedaemonians, Linguists, Pausanias, Several, Sparta, Syracuse, Theopompus, They, This, VI
related to Massacre at Taenarus · 17
Helots → Additionally, Alcmaeonid, Athenians, BC, Cape Taenarus, Historians, Lacedaemonians, Laconia, Messenians, Nor, Pausanias, Pericles, Spartan, Taygetus, The, This, Thucydides
related to Athenian outposts · 15
Helots → Again, Athenians, During, Kythera, Laconia, Messenians, Naupactus, Pylos, Sparta, Spartans, Sphacteria, The, This, Though, Thucydides
related to Emancipation · 14
Helots → According, Athenaeus, Athenians, He, IV, Myron, Priene, Sparta, Spartans, Sphacteria, Sphacterian, The, This, Thucydides
related to Relationship to Spartans · 14
Helots → According, Aristotle, BC, Consequently, From, In, Myron, Priene, Spartan, Spartans, Spartiates, Theopompus, They, Thucydides
related to External links · 9
Helots → And Helots In One, December, Helots Archived, Jona LenderingA Prosperous Economy, Of Ancient Greece, Of The Richest City-States, Perioikoi, Spartiates, Wayback Machine
related to Helots as troops in conflict · 9
Helots → Helot, Herodotus, Historians, In, In Greek, Plataea, Spartan, Spartans, Thermopylae

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Helotsis acentral and symbolic moment of their reduction to serfhood0.90text
Thermopylaeinstance ofthe mothakes were an independent freeborn group of helots.Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers…0.80text
Plataeainstance ofthe mothakes were an independent freeborn group of helots.Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers…0.80text
often lightly equipped compared to their hoplite counterpartsinstance ofthe mothakes were an independent freeborn group of helots.Helots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers…0.80text
Thermopylaeinstance ofHelots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers in battles0.80text
Plataeainstance ofHelots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers in battles0.80text
often lightly equipped compared to their hoplite counterpartsinstance ofHelots as troops in conflictHerodotus makes multiple accounts of Helots accompanying Spartans as servants and soldiers in battles0.80text
Stephanus of Byzantiuminstance ofCommentators0.80text
Helotsrelated to A special case: mothakes and mothonesPhylarchus0.60section
Helotsrelated to A special case: mothakes and mothonesSpartan0.60section
Helotsrelated to A special case: mothakes and mothonesClassical0.60section
Helotsrelated to A special case: mothakes and mothonesNevertheless0.60section

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