thetes

The thetes were the poorest of the four property classes at Athens.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

The thetes were the poorest of the four property classes at Athens.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Below them came knights whose annual income was between three and five hundred medimnoi of grain, zeugitae whose annual income was between two and three hundred medimnoi of grain, and thetes, whose annual income was less than two hundred medimnoi of grain.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Below these were the zeugitai or yokefellows two hundred measures, and last were the thetes, who even into the fourth century endured certain limitations in the recognition of their civil status.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Below them came knights whose annual income was between three and five hundred medimnoi of grain, zeugitae whose annual income was between two and three hundred medimnoi of grain, and thetes, whose annual income was less than two hundred medimnoi of grain.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Below these were the zeugitai or yokefellows two hundred measures, and last were the thetes, who even into the fourth century endured certain limitations in the recognition of their civil status.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

The thetes, who had no property, did no military service.

d. Athens 2001

The landless day-laborers (thetes) were at the bottom of the social ladder, below even slaves.

2. The Dark Ages, 1200-800 B.C.E 2001

The thetes, though never legally eligible, were soon permitted to hold the office.

d. The First Peloponnesian War 2001

It shows that private individuals were allowed to speak in the Solonian assembly, which seems to have been open to the fourth class, the thetes.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas ARNALDO MOMIGLIANO 1968