Chains and Laurels: Slavery and the Making of Ancient Greece

Chains and Laurels: Slavery and the Making of Ancient Greece The civilisation that gave the world the word "e;freedom"e; was built and sustained by people who had none. At the height of classical Athens, perhaps one person in three was a slave — and the democracy, the philosophy, and the Parthenon itself could not have lasted a day without them. Chains and Laurels tells Greece's story with the ens...