Penestai
Thessalian labourers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Penestae (tribe).
The penestai or penestae (Greek: oἱ πενέσται, hoi penéstai) were a class of unfree labourers in Thessaly, Ancient Greece. These labourers were tied to the land they inhabited, comparable in status with the Spartan helots.[1]
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