Ah, you're talking about the ancient practice of serfdom. Yep, those poor souls were tied to the land like a ball and chain. They were basically at the mercy of their overlords, working the fields day in and day out with no hope of escape. Tough gig, huh?
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A Greek Slave was created in 1898.
Hermes was the son of Zeus, so I doubt he was a slave. Answer 2: And Charon worked for money, he was not a slave.
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The Greek slave Pasion was alive in the 4th century BC, and was owned by Antisthenes and Archestratus. He later became a clerk and had a son, Apollodorus.
The name for a slave in ancient Sparta was "Helot", meaning "imperior" in Greek.