More than 20.000 slaves worked in the mines and Aristoteles reports that silver flowed like water from a rich fountain from the mines, which were called “Argyreia”. From these times the names of some mine owners are reported through Xenophon. He tells of a man named Nikias, who owned 6000 slaves … Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε το The Mines and Minerals of Lavrion – Ancient Mining History (III), By Branko Rieck.