| 词汇 | helot |
| 词源 | helot. The original helots, slaves or serfs, were inhabitants of the town of Helos in Laconia, enslaved by the Spartans in an- cient times. The Spartans actually ranked their helots midway between citizens and slaves, but certainly treated them like flunkeys. As an object lesson to Spartan youth that drunken- ness is evil, helots were often forced to drink more than they could handle and then exhibited in the public square. |
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