Democracy's Slaves: A Political History of Ancient Greece

by Jane Marie Todd (Author), Paulin Ismard (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2017

  $53.27

  Challenging the modern belief that democracy and bondage are incompatible, Paulin Ismard directs our attention to ancient Athens, where the functioning of civic government depended on skilled, knowledgeable experts who were literally public servants slaves owned by the city-state rather than by private citizens.