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The named women aren’t helots and it’s unlikely the unnamed women would be helots either. I was under the impression The only group we refer to as Spartan are t
by orange_joe 5y ago
The named women aren’t helots and it’s unlikely the unnamed women would be helots either. I was under the impression The only group we refer to as Spartan are that minority population of elites as the rest were referred to as helots (who were also unable to serve in their military)
- nestorD 5y agoThat is the point of the comment I believe: pointing out that we tend to ignore the vast majority of the inhabitants of Sparta when we think of Spartans.