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mentions that there was a hierarchy of classes superposed one above the other in the Spartan society. If the Helots and the Laconians are left out, the hierarchy would be as follows: first there were the Neodamodes (former slaves freed), then the Epeunactae, then the Mothaces (very similar to
42:, the Lacedaemonians lost many men. Being afraid that their enemies will become aware of their situation, they "put Helots into the beds of those who were dead" (that's why the name, from ἐπὶ (into) and εὐνὴ (bed)). Afterwards, they made those men citizens. 122: 88: 35:
who either slept with the widows of Spartans when Sparta had manpower shortage because of war casualties, or outright replaced the fallen Spartans as soldiers.
111: 77: 145: 140: 52: 49:, there were people who were called Catonacophori (κατωνακοφόροι) who were very similar to the Epeunacti. 56:
domestic clients) and then the bastards (who though descended from true Spartans, were separated).
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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Epeunacti
134: 39: 31:(ἐπευνακταί), were a class of citizens in ancient Sparta. They were 46: 32: 112:
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Epeunacti
101:A History of Sparta (Archaic and Classic Periods) 132: 73: 71: 69: 66: 133: 78:Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, 6.101 13: 14: 157: 116: 105: 93: 82: 53:Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges 1: 59: 7: 10: 162: 24: 146:Slavery in ancient Greece 141:Social classes of Sparta 38:During a war with the 99:L. G. Pechatnova, 153: 125: 120: 114: 109: 103: 97: 91: 86: 80: 75: 26: 161: 160: 156: 155: 154: 152: 151: 150: 131: 130: 129: 128: 121: 117: 110: 106: 98: 94: 87: 83: 76: 67: 62: 12: 11: 5: 159: 149: 148: 143: 127: 126: 115: 104: 92: 81: 64: 63: 61: 58: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 158: 147: 144: 142: 139: 138: 136: 124: 119: 113: 108: 102: 96: 90: 85: 79: 74: 72: 70: 65: 57: 54: 50: 48: 43: 41: 36: 34: 30: 22: 21:Ancient Greek 18: 118: 107: 100: 95: 84: 51: 44: 37: 28: 16: 15: 135:Categories 60:References 40:Messenians 29:Epeunactae 25:ἐπεύνακτοι 17:Epeunacti 47:Sicyon 33:Helots 27:) or 45:In 137:: 68:^ 23:: 19:(

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Ancient Greek
Helots
Messenians
Sicyon
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges



Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, 6.101
Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Epeunacti
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Epeunacti
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Categories
Social classes of Sparta
Slavery in ancient Greece

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