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Slaves ( δοῦλοι , douloi ) and Metics ( μέτοικοι , metoikoi )

Slaves ( δοῦλοι , douloi ) and Metics ( μέτοικοι , metoikoi ). Consider the following ….

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Slaves ( δοῦλοι , douloi ) and Metics ( μέτοικοι , metoikoi )

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  1. Slaves (δοῦλοι, douloi)andMetics (μέτοικοι, metoikoi)

  2. Consider the following … • Are there any justifications in your mind for the Greeks to create and sustain a system of slavery over hundreds of years? What rationale might they have used to justify the enslavement of other human beings and their categorization as property? • Did the Greeks treat metics with sufficient fairness and equality, and does the treatment of metics resemble contemporary attitudes towards non-citizens in a society?

  3. Laborer Wet-nurse Courtesan (hetaira)) Slavery in Greece: the life of a δοῦλος (doulos) Legal proscriptions War captive Military aide Artisan / Craftsman

  4. ὁ ἄνθρωπος φύσει πολιτικὸν ζῷον (ho anthroposphuseipolitikonzōion)“man is by nature a creature of the polis” (Arist.Politics 1253a2)

  5. Consider the following … • Are there any justifications in your mind for the Greeks to create and sustain a system of slavery over hundreds of years? What rationale might they have used to justify the enslavement of other human beings and their categorization as property? • Did the Greeks treat metics with sufficient fairness and equality, and does the treatment of metics resemble contemporary attitudes towards non-citizens in a society?

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