{"product_id":"9780226167893-slaves-and-other-objects","title":"Slaves and Other Objects","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's \"Meno\", Aristotle's \"Politics\", Aesop's \"Fables\", Aristophanes' \"Wasps\", and Euripides' \"Orestes\".\u003cbr\u003ePage duBois, a classicist known for her daring and originality, turns in this book to one of the most troubling subjects in the study of antiquity: the indispensability of slaves in ancient Greece. DuBois here explores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. Specifically, she considers the place of slaves in Plato's \"Meno\", Aristotle's \"Politics\", Aesop's \"Fables\", Aristophanes' \"Wasps\", and Euripides' \"Orestes\". She contends throughout that portraying the difference between slave and free as natural was pivotal to Greek concepts of selfhood and political freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41013522169953,"sku":"9780226167893","price":32.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28754816.jpg?v=1730224646","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780226167893-slaves-and-other-objects","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}