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Slave Agency and Citizenship in Classical Athens

    Sara Forsdyke

Symposion 2017, pp. 345-366, 2019/02/27

Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Tel Aviv, 20.- 23. August 2017)

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Abstract

This paper argues that slaves in classical Athens routinely sought to pass as free persons and citizens, and that they often succeeded in doing so. Comparative evidence from other slave-owning societies shows that successful passing leaves little trace in the historical record. Evidence can be found, however, in the laws that were passed to prevent it, as well as the records of trials concerning identity.

Keywords: Athenian law, slavery, citizenship, Demosthenes, Lysias