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Hectmores
A hectmore or hektmore, is a farmer of particular legal category, in ancient Greece (including Athens ). Known sources do not today know the real status of hectmores within society and the ancient Greek agriculture. Neither Aristotle nor Plutarch does not specify the term in their writings and this status disappears with the reforms of Solon.
The etymology , however, allows that there was a report of 1 / 6 in their obligations. Several assumptions were then made:
- they rented the land they worked and the rent was paid with the sixth of their crops;
- They cleared the land undeveloped for a 5 year lease (or 6 years?)
- they were receiving assistance for clearing land undeveloped and had to repay the aid with the sixth harvest;
- they were associated with a donor with a contract complant , which then allowed them to receive one sixth of the cultivated land in Olivette (or maybe 5 / 6?).
Still, that hectmores were relatively dependent, particularly in cases of agrarian crisis.
See also
Bibliography
- Jean-Manuel Roubineau, The hektmores, in Jean Andreau Chankowski and Vronique (eds), Vocabulary and Expression of the economy in the ancient world, Ausonius / de Boccard, 2007, p. 177-209
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