helot

It's going to take quite a police state to keep the helots in line.

We also killed one of their Helots, who took up arms to fight for them.

We both know the Helots wouldn't last six months without outside help.

Probably you have friends among the helots and the other slave classes.

The land itself was worked by helots, who retained half the yield.

"I've seen enough to know the Helots stand a good chance of winning.

This was war, and we did the same by their Helots when we could.

"The helots tell me you're worthless as a field hand.

There were more rifle blasts and the Helot went down.

They feared that such a war would give the helots a chance to revolt once more.

They had no infantry with them, only a few Helots who were unarmed.

One of the few where the Helots had operated in battalion strength.

A look of grudging respect made the Helot s face longer than ever.

To introduce helots to this system thus led to inevitable social conflict.

They are fragile little things, weak as any helot, inferior to us in every way.

"In that case," the helot said, "I look forward with even greater anticipation to your death."

For one thing, the Helots are certain to require your participation in an atrocity.

In the immediate aftermath, the helots saw an opportunity to rebel.

The whole purpose of this strange society was to maintain control over the far more numerous helots.

In the resulting confusion the helots took the opportunity to rebel.

At least the Helots had the decency to let us bury the king without incidents.

He had never liked them; there was something missing inside in someone like that, and the Helot leader looked to be a prime example.

That made it unlikely the Helot wounded would be slaughtered.

Several theories exist regarding the origin of the name "helots."

"Lord, with all due respect, perhaps you might keep your helot silent unless she has something of use to add to the day."