Full Description
For the last four decades, the trend in ancient Greek history has been to view the intersection of slavery and honour wholly in terms of dishonour, with slaves often seen as standing outside the dynamics of honour and recognition. Drawing on new approaches to the philosophy, psychology and sociology of honour, this volume showcases thirteen essays by established and upcoming scholars in which a more complex reality is illustrated. Whilst slavery and dishonour did often go together in the Greek world, slaves could be both the recipients and bestowers of honour across a range of contexts within and beyond the household.
Contents
Series Editor's Preface
List of Figures
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Douglas Cairns, Mirko Canevaro and David M. Lewis
Part I: Slavery and Honour in the Conceptual Sphere
1. Honour and the Rhetoric of Slavery in Herodotus
Douglas Cairns
2. Greek Slavery and Honour: Institutional and Prototypical Approaches
David M. Lewis
3. The Space in Between: Honourable Slaves and the Theory of Natural Slavery
Ulrike Roth
4. Helot Dishonour and Spartan Identity
Gabriel Cabral Bernardo
Part II: Slavery and Honour in the Household
5. Slavery, Honour and Ideology in Homer's World
David Tandy
6. Recognition and Imbalances of Power: Honour Relations and Slaves' Claims vis-à-vis Their Masters
Mirko Canevaro
7. Negotiating Respect and Oikeiotês: The Honour of Menander's Slaves
Bianca Mazzinghi Gori
8. Honour as a Privilege: Slave Hierarchies and Master-Slave Relationships in the Household-Management Texts of Classical Athens
Jason Porter
Part III: Slavery and Honour Beyond the Household
9. The Multiple Honours of Enslaved People in Ancient Greek Societies
Kostas Vlassopoulos
10. Whose Honour? Hubris, Slavery and the Athenian Law Once More
Nick Fisher
11. 'Privileged' Slaves and Honour in Classical Athens
Deborah Kamen
12. Chosen by the Gods: Enslaved Leaders and Religious Honour
Ambra Ghiringhelli
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index
