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Helot

Helots: class of unfree peasants in Spartan society, who may be defined as state-owned serfs.In Antiquity, all humans were unequal. Citizenship was a privilege; magistracies were usually reserved for men; not everyone was allowed to serve in the army; the…

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Heraclea Minoa

Heraclea Minoa (Greek: Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα): Greek town in southern Sicily.History The theater of Heraclea Minoa. The soft stones are protected against…

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Heracles

Heracles (Latin: Hercules): most important of the Greek demigods. Several dynasties, like the twin royal houses of Sparta and the Argeads of Macedonia, claimed to descend from this son of Zeus.Youth …

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Heraclitus

Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.500 BCE): one of the pre-Socratic philosophers of ancient Greece. Heraclitus Heraclitus was a rich man from Ephesus and…

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Herald

Herald: in ancient Greece the man who made announcements on behalf of a king or the city's government. Sabouroff Painter: Hermes,…

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