These people occupied a social position below that of the resident aliens or "metics" and had a defined right against being arbitrarily killed.
One person with this social status acted as a double agent during the Battle of Salamis, pretending to defect to Xerxes in order to lure the Persian ships into the trap. This status was held by Sinnicus, and the kheirotekhnai were a subgroup of artisans within this class. The Decelea garrison worked on Sparta's behalf in the Peloponnesian War by encouraging twenty thousand of these people to leave Athens. Some people were relieved of this status by the Seisachtheia, after which only unmarried non-virgins could be put into this status for monetary reasons. Solon's legal reforms also included a prohibition on these people joining wrestling academies or attempting to engage in pedophilic relationships. These people occupied a social position below that of the resident aliens or "metics" and had a defined right against being arbitrarily killed. For 10 points, identify this lowest class of most Greek city-states, consisting of debtors, war captives, and other unfree persons.
One person with this social status acted as a double agent during the Battle of Salamis, pretending to defect to Xerxes in order to lure the Persian ships into the trap.
{slaves} in Ancient Greece