GEOMOROI

also called agroikoi, or Georgoi class of citizens in ancient Greek society. In 7th-century-BC Attic society, geomoroi were freemen, generally peasant farm holders, lower on the social and political scale than the eupatridae, the aristocracy, but above the demiourgoi, the artisans. The geomoroi were ineligible for any major political or religious post but had the right to attend sessions of the Assembly. In 580 BC, three geomoroi shared the archonship (magistracy) with five eupatridae and two demiourgoi. In Syracuse and in Samos, where society was divided into only two classes, the geomoroi were the oligarchs, contrasted with the demos, the common people.