“The military structure of Spartan society was shaped by the necessity of holding down the helot class that did all the actual work.”

“Plato, for example, remarked that the helot system was the most controversial example of servitude in Greece.”

“One effect of the helot phenomenon was the brutalization of the Spartan elite itself.”

“If Joe Public shrugs off each new encroachment as minor in itself, he will have only himself to blame if he ends up in state-controlled helotry.”

“The numbers amount to a huge under-estimate of the actual rise in state-subsidised helotry.”

“The Scottish Socialist Party, the sole ark of salvation to which 128,026 Scots look for emancipation from capitalist helotry, is in meltdown.”

“Boeotia was agriculturally rich but had neither Athens' silver nor Sparta's helots.”

“In addition to being super-exploited, Dubai's helots are also expected to be generally invisible.”

“He next persuaded Athens to send him with a large hoplite force to help Sparta against the helots, now in revolt.”