Voiceless, Invisible, and Countless in Ancient Greece: The Experience of Subordinates, 700—300 BCE

Voiceless, Invisible, and Countless in Ancient Greece explores the experiences of subordinates and the nature of their subordination in the Greek world 700–300 BCE, bringing forth the voices of the various groups and individuals affected by differing structures and degrees of subordination. It contains individual studies of slaves and indentured labourers, exiles, women, and disenfranchised of many kinds, and brings together leading scholars in the field to better understand both the processes and the conditions of subordination.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Voiceless, Invisible, and Countless in Ancient Greece delves into the experiences of subordinates and the essence of their subordination in the Greek world from 700–300 BCE. Throughout its ten contributions, the book strives to amplify the voices of diverse groups and individuals affected by varying structures and degrees of subordination, while also exploring the potential insights that can be gained by examining these diverse experiences collectively. While most people fell into one of these subordinated groups, recovering their existence poses particular challenges in archaic and classical Greece. Certain groups remain unheard of because they are not the subjects of surviving discourses, while others were deliberately excluded from the historical record. Renewed efforts to uncover their stories are of immense benefit to those with only partial or zero legal rights, such as slaves,metics, and exiles, as well as to various disenfranchised groups. This volume comprises individual studies on slaves and indentured labourers, exiles, women, and other marginalized individuals. It brings together esteemed scholars in the field, employing a wide range of philological, historical, and archaeological approaches to the discussion, with the aim of enhancing our understanding of the processes and conditions of subordination.

Weight: 608g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198889601