Reconstructing the Slave The Image of the Slave in Ancient Greece [Hardcover]

Although the importance of slavery to Greek society has long been recognised, most studies have primarily drawn upon representations of slaves as sources of evidence for the historical institution, while there has been little consideration of what the representations can tell us about how the Greeks perceived slaves and why. Although historical reality clearly played a part in the way slaves were represented,Reconstructing the Slavestresses that this was not the primary purpose of these images, which reveal more about how slave-owners perceived or wanted to perceive slaves than the reality of slavery. Through an examination of lexical, visual and literary representations of slaves, the book considers how the image of the slave was used to justify, reinforce and naturalize slavery in ancient Greece.

Kelly L. Wrenhavenis Assistant Professor of Classics, Cleveland State University, USA.

Through an examination of lexical, visual and literary representations of slaves, this book considers how the image of the slave was used to justify, reinforce and naturalize slavery in ancient Greece.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Language of Slavery
The Body of the Slave
The Good Slave
War Captives and the Natural Slave
Bibliography
Index