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Helotism
Helotism He"lot*ism, n. The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.
Helotry
Helotry He"lot*ry, n. The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen. ``The Helotry of Mammon.' --Macaulay.

Meaning of Helot from wikipedia

- The helots (/ˈhɛləts, ˈhiːləts/; Gr****: εἵλωτες, heílotes) were a subjugated po****tion that constituted a majority of the po****tion of Laconia and Messenia...
- out manual labour. The helots were used as unskilled serfs, tilling Spartan land. Helot women were often used as wet nurses. Helots also travelled with the...
- state institution. The kryptai either prin****lly sought out and killed helots across Laconia and Messenia as part of a policy of terrorising and intimidating...
- Helotes (/həˈloʊtɪs/ hə-LOH-tis) is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located on the far northwestern side of San Antonio. It is part of the...
- war on the helot po****tion so that any Spartan citizen could kill a helot without fear of blood guilt. This was done to keep the large helot po****tion...
- ancient sources do not discuss gender in relation to the non-citizens (e.g. helots) who constituted the majority of the po****tion of the Spartan state. Sparta...
- proportion decreasing over time; the vast majority of the people of Sparta were helots (slaves). Spartan citizenship was restricted to adult males without metic...
- Willem Helot (27 October 1675 – 7 November 1749), was secunde and Acting Governor of the Cape Colony. Helot arrived at the Cape as a soldier in 1694 and...
- to political functions. Sparta had a special type of slaves called helots. Helots were Messenians enslaved en m****e during the Messenian Wars by the state...
- were not, unless given permission. Like the Spartiates, the perioeci owned helots and fought in the army. Other major cities in the Peloponnese likewise controlled...