David M. Lewis is Senior Lecturer in Greek History and Culture at the University of Edinburgh. He is author of Greek Slave Systems in their Eastern Mediterranean Context, c. 800–146 BC (Oxford, 2018) as well as numerous articles on Greek socio-economic history, with a particular focus on the history of slavery, labour and trade. Mirko Canevaro is Professor of Greek History at the University of Edinburgh. He has published extensively on the history of the Greek polis, particularly on Demosthenes and Athens (2013, 2016) and Aristotle's Politics (2014, 2022), on dynamics of honour and recognition, and on class struggle in the Grek polis. Douglas Cairns (FRSE, FBA, MAE) is Professor of Classics in the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Aidôs: The Psychology and Ethics of Honour and Shame in Ancient Greek Literature (1993), Bacchylides: Five Epinician Odes (2010) and Sophocles: Antigone (2016). His most recent edited volumes include A Cultural History of the Emotions in Antiquity (2019), Emotions through Time: From Antiquity to Byzantium (with M. Hinterberger, A. Pizzone and M. Zaccarini, 2022), Contempt, Ancient and Modern (2023), and In the Mind, in the Body, in the World: Emotions in Early China and Ancient Greece (with C. Virág, 2024).

• Series Editor's PrefaceList of Figures PrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroductionDouglas Cairns, Mirko Canevaro and David M. LewisPart I: Slavery and Honour in the Conceptual Sphere1. Honour and the Rhetoric of Slavery in HerodotusDouglas Cairns 2. Greek Slavery and Honour: Institutional and Prototypical ApproachesDavid M. Lewis3. The Space in Between: Honourable Slaves and the Theory of Natural SlaveryUlrike Roth 4. Helot Dishonour and Spartan IdentityGabriel Cabral BernardoPart II: Slavery and Honour in the Household5. Slavery, Honour and Ideology in Homer’s WorldDavid Tandy 6. Recognition and Imbalances of Power: Honour Relations and Slaves’ Claims vis-à-vis Their MastersMirko Canevaro 7. Negotiating Respect and Oikeiotês: The Honour of Menander’s SlavesBianca Mazzinghi Gori8. Honour as a Privilege: Slave Hierarchies and Master-Slave Relationships in the Household-Management Texts of Classical AthensJason Porter Part III: Slavery and Honour Beyond the Household9. The Multiple Honours of Enslaved People in Ancient Greek Societies Kostas Vlassopoulos10. Whose Honour? Hubris, Slavery and the Athenian Law Once MoreNick Fisher 11. ‘Privileged’ Slaves and Honour in Classical AthensDeborah Kamen12. Chosen by the Gods: Enslaved Leaders and Religious HonourAmbra GhiringhelliBibliographyIndex LocorumGeneral Index