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The section Slavery Conditions has a picture of a black captive. The caption refers to Ptolemaic Egypt. There is nothing to connect it with Greece, and it could give the misleading impression that slaves in ancient Greece were typically black. This image ought to be deleted. Sweet6970 ( talk) 10:58, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
I have now deleted the picture. Sweet6970 ( talk) 10:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Sweet6970: Please do at least some research before you remove materials from pages. The information provided with the image gives you an easy way to find the Louvre webpage on the piece, which is here. "This bronze statuette shows a black adolescent with his hands bound behind his back, a subject that was highly prized in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods. . . . As in the example of this young slave with his hands bound, small figures of black children in bronze or terra-cotta, in a variety of attitudes, were extremely abundant." Reading the Louvre page on a piece in the Louvre is what I would consider the bare minimum amount of research I would expect someone to put in before deleting something. Ikjbagl ( talk) 14:46, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Since the image was removed despite Sweet6970 clearly being in the minority (actually, alone) the image should be restored. 181.94.6.50 ( talk) 06:35, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
This is an older Featured Article that is in need of a review. In particular, I have the following concerns:
See Foucart for further reading.and
Mycenean transliterations can be confusing and do not directly reflect pronunciation; for clarification see the article about Linear B.
I think this article needs work to keep the star. RetiredDuke ( talk) 20:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
I have read the Republic in whole and don't remember any positive mention of slaves existing. The text however asserts that they are in "10:469". However, book ten starts in page 595, as can be seen publicly here. Therefore, slavery could have not been justified in a page that does not exist (there is no link either, nor a secondary source). I will try to remove this reference, until positive proof and more sources can be found. 181.94.6.50 ( talk) 06:26, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 January 2023 and 15 March 2023. Further details are available
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Plato would not have owned slaves. Plato himself was sold into slavery by Sparta shortly after Socrates death. Plato’s school, the Academy, students attended for free, but worked at the school, similar to monks living, studying at a monastery. Please, someone correct this disinformation. 2601:400:C180:D60:602D:FF6:71A7:5D50 ( talk) 20:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
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The section Slavery Conditions has a picture of a black captive. The caption refers to Ptolemaic Egypt. There is nothing to connect it with Greece, and it could give the misleading impression that slaves in ancient Greece were typically black. This image ought to be deleted. Sweet6970 ( talk) 10:58, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
I have now deleted the picture. Sweet6970 ( talk) 10:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Sweet6970: Please do at least some research before you remove materials from pages. The information provided with the image gives you an easy way to find the Louvre webpage on the piece, which is here. "This bronze statuette shows a black adolescent with his hands bound behind his back, a subject that was highly prized in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods. . . . As in the example of this young slave with his hands bound, small figures of black children in bronze or terra-cotta, in a variety of attitudes, were extremely abundant." Reading the Louvre page on a piece in the Louvre is what I would consider the bare minimum amount of research I would expect someone to put in before deleting something. Ikjbagl ( talk) 14:46, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Since the image was removed despite Sweet6970 clearly being in the minority (actually, alone) the image should be restored. 181.94.6.50 ( talk) 06:35, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
This is an older Featured Article that is in need of a review. In particular, I have the following concerns:
See Foucart for further reading.and
Mycenean transliterations can be confusing and do not directly reflect pronunciation; for clarification see the article about Linear B.
I think this article needs work to keep the star. RetiredDuke ( talk) 20:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
I have read the Republic in whole and don't remember any positive mention of slaves existing. The text however asserts that they are in "10:469". However, book ten starts in page 595, as can be seen publicly here. Therefore, slavery could have not been justified in a page that does not exist (there is no link either, nor a secondary source). I will try to remove this reference, until positive proof and more sources can be found. 181.94.6.50 ( talk) 06:26, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 January 2023 and 15 March 2023. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Ellie.simon (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Sak201 ( talk) 13:41, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
Plato would not have owned slaves. Plato himself was sold into slavery by Sparta shortly after Socrates death. Plato’s school, the Academy, students attended for free, but worked at the school, similar to monks living, studying at a monastery. Please, someone correct this disinformation. 2601:400:C180:D60:602D:FF6:71A7:5D50 ( talk) 20:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)