Greek and Roman Slaveries

Note to the Reader

Editions of Greek and Latin literary texts, inscriptions, and papyri

All translations are our own. Unless otherwise specified, we have translated what is considered the standard edition of the Greek and Latin literary texts. For papyri, we have translated the text appearing in papyri.info, while for inscriptions we have translated the text indicated in their reference number unless otherwise specified.

Signs used in the book

*** indicates that something of the original Greek or Latin text has been lost in transmission.

† indicates that the transmitted Greek or Latin text is problematic, and the exact wording of the original cannot be recovered.

[…] indicates that (i) text has been omitted by us or (ii) text has been lost through damage to the inscription or papyrus.

[aaa] lost text restored by the modern editor.

<aaa> text erroneously omitted in the transmitted Greek or Latin text but added by the modern editor.

(aaa) text added by us to facilitate understanding.

Names of persons, places, and peoples

We have used assimilated English forms of names of persons, places, and peoples whenever we judged them recognizable relatively widely (e.g. Attica, Rhodes, Lacedaemonians, the philosopher Socrates).

Names of ancient authors: We have followed the style of the Oxford Classical Dictionary both for the authors of the sources and for authors mentioned in them.

Other persons’ names: In translations of Latin sources, we have kept the Latin form of persons’ names, ...