These people were sometimes divided into mothakes and mothones classes based on the extent of freedom they enjoyed.
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]