Compare the position of the helots in Sparta with the position of the slaves in Athens in what are the similarities and differences.

The similarities between Athenian slaves and Spartan helots are subordinate. Both those and those were not masters of their destinies. The main difference between them is in the form of ownership. The Athenians saw slaves as a “talking tool”, that is, a thing. And it belonged to a specific person. He owned and disposed of slaves at his own discretion. The Spartans thought differently. For them, the helot was a collective property, like everything in their state. Everything that helot did or produced was the property of the whole of Sparta.