• proportion of helots in relation to Spartan citizens varied throughout the history of the Spartan state; according to Herodotus, there were seven helots for each...
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    Sparta (section Helots)
    even more dangerously by helots. The other classes were the perioikoi, free inhabitants who were non-citizens, and the helots, state-owned serfs. Descendants...
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    Helotes (/həˈloʊtɪs/ hə-LOH-tis) is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located on the far northwestern side of San Antonio. It is part of the...
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  • supported by their kleroi and Helots, and to do no work, except that related to military conflict. All classes, including Helots, fought in the Spartan military...
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    any helots who they came across. That suggests that helots may have had to comply with curfew laws put into place by the Spartans. Troublesome helots could...
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  • composed of liberated Helots. Douloi, who were chattel slaves not tied to the land, also existed; earlier sources conflate them with helots, but later sources...
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  • is used both for Spartan helots and for slaves as held elsewhere in the Greek world; later sources distinguish between helots, who were the property of...
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    most numerous class was the Helots, state-owned serfs enslaved to farm the Spartiate klēros. By the 5th century BC, the helots, too, were used as light troops...
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  • also held power over the Helots and the Perioeci. They controlled the Crypteia, the secret police who repressed the Helots, and they were even able to...
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  • Pseudophaloe helotes is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Panama. Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019)...
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