Not wholly free : : the concept of manumission and the status of manumitted slaves in the ancient Greek world / / by R. Zelnick-Abramovitz.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 266
• Author: Zelnick-Abramovitz, Rachel.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 266.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; INTRODUCTION /; SLAVERY AND FREEDOM: DEFINITIONS AND APPROACHES /; MANUMISSION: DIVERSITY AND SIMILARITY /; MANUMITTORS AND MANUMITTED SLAVES /; THE ACT OF MANUMISSION /; LAWS AND LEGAL ACTIONS /; THE REALITY OF FREEDOM /; CONCLUSIONS /; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS /; BIBLIOGRAPHY /; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES /; GENERAL INDEX /; SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-356) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1280868619; 9786610868612; 1429427302; 9047408179; 1433704153
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by R. Zelnick-Abramovitz.

Not Wholly Free is a comprehensive study of manumission in the Greek world, based on a thorough appraisal of the extant evidence and on a careful examination of manumission terminology. R. Zelnick-Abramovitz investigates the phenomenon of manumission in all its aspects and features, by analyzing modes of manumission, its terminology, the group composition of manumittors and freed slaves, motivation, procedures and conditions of manumission, legal actions and laws concerning manumitted slaves, and the latter’s legal status and position in society. A very important work for all those interested in social history of ancient Greece , slavery, and manumission, as well as ancient historians and classical philologists.