Slavery, that is, the forced servitude and ownership of a ... The playwright Aristophanes is particularly cruel to the slave characters in his plays. The philosopher Aristotle claimed that slaves ...

“For that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only necessary, but expedient,” the ancient philosopher Aristotle reasoned in his book “Politics,” written around 350 B.C.E.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Monti Datta, University of Richmond (THE CONVERSATION) Several high-profile ...