Εἱλωτίς
helot-woman, female helot
Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley7 Feb 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the female slave.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἱλωτίς· ἡ δούλη.
Betacode
*ei(lwti/s: h( dou/lh.
Notes
- Like epsiloniota 132 (and epsiloniota 134), this gloss reflects the mistaken view that the Lakedaimonian helots were slaves rather than serfs.
For this feminine form of the word see Plutarch, Agesilaus 3.1 (= Duris FGrH 76 F63); also e.g. listed among ethnics by Herodian, De prosodia catholica 3.1.103.12, and by Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Helos.