Skeuophoros

A skeuophoros ( "Βaggage carried") was a slave or servant who carried baggage in Ancient Greece. Herodotus records that every hoplite was followed on campaign by a servant as a skeuophoros. In Aristophanes' play The Frogs, Xanthias, the slave of Dionysus, acts as his skeuophoros:

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Category:Military ranks of ancient Greece
Category:Slavery in ancient Greece