Recovers the voices, experiences and agency of enslaved people in ancient Greece.

Genesis -- Servants of the city -- Strange slaves -- The democratic order of knowledge -- The mysteries of the Greek state

Although the importance of slavery to Greek society has long been recognised, most studies have primarily drawn upon representations of slaves as sources of evi

Greek comedy offers a unique insight into the reality of life as a slave, giving this disenfranchised group a 'voice'.

Interrogates the traditional binary 'slave societies'/'societies with slaves' as a paradigm for understanding the global practice of slaveholding.