Brief Summary: The Greek Slavery In History

When you look at the word slavery most have this fixed characterization of the word and refer back to when Europeans enslaved Africans. If we look in ancient Greece times we see slavery was around for years. Not only do we see that slavery has been around for year we also see that there were many different uses of slavery and the meaning of slavery. For instances, the Greeks used slavery as reasoning for their actions. Also, people such as the Athenians used slavery as a word to describe people as someone who needed to be ruled. Greeks looked down upon other Greeks being used as slaves, when they were not enslaving them. During these ancient times, many tyrants had many slaves but these tyrants were very relatable to their subjects.

Starting with Bastet, this free-standing statue hails from Late –Ptolemaic Period (664–30 B.C) from Egypt. Medium used was bronze, precious metal and black bronze inlays. The dimensions are H. 5 cm (4 1/8 in.); W. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); D. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.). This statuette was donated to the Museum by George and Florence Blumenthal in 1934 and is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134.

The Slave Wars were a series of three slave revolts that took place within the Roman Republic between 135 BC to 71 BC. Spartacus led the third of these slave revolts that occurred from 73 BC to 71 BC. This third slave revolt was sparked by an incident that occurred when a group of slave gladiators escaped from their school (Spartacus pg. 130). Although some may say that Roman slaves may have had it moderately easy, In fact politically and socially slaves were treated poorly.

Despite its element state, the larger than life statue has a real classical beauty. The sculptor clearly portrayed the notion of peace and justice. The detail was extraordinary, accentuating the flow of her hair and clothing with the sword for justice in one hand and the ancient symbol of peace in the other. The statue looked to stand approximately 24ft tall and 8 ft wide. Standing next to the overshadowing statue gave an amazing feeling of convenience and protection I feel the artist was trying to relay.

Slavery was the practice of taking a human being and making them do the work of another by force. This was practiced through out the ancient world and especially in Rome and Greece. Slaves were nothing more than just property to the ancient peoples. They didn't have the rights of citizens nor were they able to do what they want in most cases. Slaves had many tasks that they had to do, many of which included taking care of the masters house and kids, cooking and cleaning that house, herding the cattle for the farming families, being guards for some prisons, fighting for entertainment of the masses, and more common was sexual activities with the slaves.

A common misconception that most people have about the word “slavery” is that it is bad or people tend to think about African slaves walking in chains and being beaten. History has shown and proven numerous account of slavery so how come when we think of slavery we seem to think of the stereotypical slavery (chattel slavery)? In fact, Classical Greece was the first society seen that had slave

Slavery in Ancient Greece was, written by Yvon Garlan, published by Cornell University Press, 1988. It was translated from French by Janet Lloyd and dedicated to the memory of Moses and Mary. I can help but to think of the Moses and Mary in the Bible. That intrigued me. The book is a more indebt version of history lesson on the evolvement of slavery. “Slavery In Ancient Greece” for me, expounded on the origins of slavery, more so the entomology of servitude. Slavery had and had a fundamental ideology. Slaves were objects and subjected to their owners. In ancient times slaves could be a publicly or privately owned. They could be privileged, deprived or sacred. Slavery in Ancient Greece was not easily described and that is why it is

Over the last thirty years, slavery in the Pauline Epistles has a tendency to pursue two different mechanical approaches. Some have measured slavery in Paul based on legal definitions while others have inclined towards societal definitions. Many have represented Greco-Roman slavery as a generous institution, and then there are those who see it more as cruel. Slavery was a conventional part of the world in which the biblical writers existed. In the empires of the early Near East and the Greco-Roman West it was essential. According to the Hebrew Bible they overlooked slavery; the laws amended it and often used it as a metaphor to illustrate the relationship between God and Israel. In the New Testament, the Greco-Roman world accepted slavery,

Work, discipline and feeding are three words that would perfectly sum up the daily routine of slaves in ancient Greece. Slaves were the backbone to the greatness, strength and stability to the ancient Greeks, according to Aristotle. Being divided into many different city-states, Greece as a whole contained a variety of social structures, and therefore, a range of positions occupied by slaves. Slavery allowed the citizens of Athens and also Sparta to focus on the aspects of life they thought were important. Most slaves did not appear any different from the poorer Greek citizens, therefore making it much more difficult for historians to determine exactly how many slaves there were during these times. Ascertaining a true understanding of

Greek sexuality had a double standard. The men controlled reproduction in regards to the citizenship and paternity. The women needed to stay monogamist with their husband. By not having sex with another man. But the men had fewer restriction not only when leaving the polis but also having sex with a female. The only restriction would be not to have sex with another man wife. With males having less restriction even leaving the polis, they could have sex with a hetairai (mistress in ancient Greece), pornai (Prostitute) and slaves. Being a female in today world I don’t know if I could handle this but these female didn’t know any better to stand up for

When examining the statue, there is an old woman bent and weary. Her posture helps clue us in, with her age and the state of her health. The figure is dressed in cloth that drapes off her body as she carries a basket that is filled with what we may think are offerings. On her head, there are vines that create a band around the top of her head used to signify the festival that was going on during that time. The specific detail that is seen on this statue persuades us to want to know the story of this woman. Doing so, the process involves lots of research about the time and art. During the hellenistic period, artists begin to introduce more inner beauty than physical beauty. There is an opportunity to learn more about the structure itself, then settle for what is given and seen.

The experiences of enslaved women differed from the experience of enslaved men in ancient Rome; slavery within ancient Rome can be traced back to the first century BCE and was based primarily on the chattel slave system. Slavery within the ancient roman society was highly normalised as it was considered a part of roman culture. Slavery within ancient Rome was so heavily normalised that it is considered to be described as a “slave society” Joshel (2010, p. 6) states that “For slaves living in the Roman world, there was no outside – no place without slavery and no movement that declared slavery wrong. Slavery was a normal part of life, and this was true not only for the Romans but for every neighbouring ancient culture”. Not only was

Women’s role in Greece can be seen when one first begins to do research on the subject. The subject of women in Greece is coupled with the subject of slaves. This is the earliest classification of women in Greek society. Although women were treated differently from city to city the basic premise of that treatment never changed. Women were only useful for establishing a bloodline that could carry on the family name and give the proper last rites to the husband. However, women did form life long bonds with their husbands and found love in arranged marriages. Women in Athenian Society Women are “defined as near slaves, or as perpetual minors” in Athenian society (The Greek World, pg. 200). For women life didn’t

Greek slaves in particular typically highly educated. Unskilled slaves/those sentenced to slavery as punishment would work on farms, mines, and mills.

The art work that I chose to work on is “I the martin Luther king sculpture’ .The sculpture was made out of a wood and was created by an African American artist, Josef shallow in the years of 1934. The art work is now located at the African American museum in Dallas .The art work, is a figural sculpture of the Doctor Martin Luther king. The sculpture is in square and circle shape the color of it art comes out like black brown, black, and beige, the statue is a figural sculpture of the Martin Luther king .I cannot see the full body but once I get closer to the to it, I can see that he was wearing a suit and a tight under the suit he got on a brown shirt and tight. His face look brown and his eyes, hair and beard were all painted in a very dark color and the suits in a black brown color. Moreover, under the sculpture there is his name written “Doctor King’’ .The art work show calm in is face .The figure is also a representation of some sort of hope .I believe the art work is about the story the of martin Luther king who was a socialist, pastor and a civil right activist who was leading the civil right movement in the United states from the year night teen fifty four till his death. .He played a very important role in the story of the United States. , he believed in equality and human right for people of all color. However he was fishing mostly for , people