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Did the ancient Greeks use slaves for entertainment?

April 26, 2017ancient Arts entertainment Greeks History Humanities slaves

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Did the ancient Greeks use slaves for entertainment?

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The Greeks didn’t have gladiatorial games as the Romans did, or anything like that. But certainly they used slaves in entertainment; at any Greek party there would be flute players, dancing girls, etc, and these would normally be slaves. And brothels were normally staffed by slaves as well.