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helots (en)

a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta (in Ancient Greece)

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Eugénie Grandet
by Honoré de Balzac

Eugénie Grandet
by Honoré de Balzac

Eugénie Grandet
by Honoré de Balzac


The poor helot went to the table

Grandet's wife

—p.113 Eugénie Grandet (33) by Honoré de Balzac
strange
5 years, 2 months ago

Fragments: Cool Memories III, 1990-1995
by Jean Baudrillard

Fragments: Cool Memories III, 1990-1995
by Jean Baudrillard

Fragments: Cool Memories III, 1990-1995
by Jean Baudrillard


The helots against the elites.

—p.47 by Jean Baudrillard
confirm
8 years, 9 months ago

Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays
by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays
by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays
by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien


you are placed beside us, helots of the intelligence, as our living reproof

—p.7 Letters to a German Friend (1) by Albert Camus
unknown
9 years, 4 months ago