Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), P, Peiraeĭcus, Penestae

Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help

Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:

This text is part of:

Greek and Roman Materials

View text chunked by:

Penestae

（Πενέσται). In Thessaly the descendants of the older population subdued by the Thessalians and occupying a position analogous to that of the Helots of Laconia. They managed the property of the owners as serfs bound to the soil, paying a moderate tax, and being also liable to be called out for military service; but their lords could not remove them from the land nor put them to death. See Grote, Hist. of Greece, ii. pp. 373-376.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar:

Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

Penestae