One conflict involving this people began with the death of King Teleklos at a festival to Artemis Li
One conflict involving this people began with the death of King Teleklos at a festival to Artemis Limnatis. A second conflict involving this people included the Battle of Deres and saw the generals Anaxander, Anaxidamus, and the poet Tyrtaeus defeat a force led by Aristomenes. A group of this people was massacred at the Temple of Poseidon in Taenarus, and a major revolt by these people coincided with a large earthquake. These people were sometimes divided into mothakes and mothones classes based on the extent of freedom they enjoyed. For 10 points, identify these people originally taken from (*) Messenia, the slave population in Sparta.
One conflict involving this people began with the death of King Teleklos at a festival to Artemis Limnatis.
helots [prompt on Spartans, accept Messenians early, since the first clues describe the Messenian Wars and helots became synonymous with them]