Ancient slaves

Biblical figure, son of Jacob and Rachel and governor of Egypt during the late Hyksos dynasty

Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. He is also the patron saint of Nigeria. Patrick is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, Lutheranism, and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland.

According to the Book of Genesis, Hagar is an Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of Sarah (then known as Sarai), whom Sarah gave to her own husband Abram (later renamed Abraham) as a wife to bear him a child. Abraham's firstborn son through Hagar, Ishmael, became the progenitor of the Ishmaelites, generally taken to be the Arabs. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites (sons of Agar), perhaps claiming her as their eponymous ancestor. Hagar is alluded to, although not named, in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife.

thumb|Bilhah - detail from c:File:Rachel Giving Bilhah to Jacob from The Story of Jacob series MET AR1420.jpg|Flemish tapestry made around 1550, depicting Rachel giving Bilhah to Jacob.|362x362px Bilhah ( "unworried", Standard Hebrew: Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew: Bīlhā) is a woman mentioned in the Book of Genesis. describes her as Laban's handmaiden (), who was given to Rachel to be her handmaid on Rachel's marriage to Jacob. When Rachel failed to have children, Rachel gave Bilhah to Jacob like a wife to bear him children. Bilhah gave birth to two sons, whom Rachel claimed as her own and named Dan

In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah ( Zīlpā, meaning uncertain) was Leah's handmaid whom Leah gave to Jacob like a wife to bear him children (). Zilpah gave birth to two sons, whom Leah claimed as her own and named Gad and Asher ().

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Bagoas (; , ; died 336 BCE) was a prominent Persian official who served as the vizier (Chief Minister) of the Achaemenid Empire until his death.

Pothinus or Potheinos (; early 1st century BC – 48 or 47 BC), a eunuch, was regent for Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. He is most remembered for turning Ptolemy against his sister and co-ruler Cleopatra, thus starting a civil war, and for having Pompey decapitated and presenting the severed head to Julius Caesar according to some sources.

Indian philosopher

favourite of Alexander the Great

thumb|Ebed-Melech sees Jeremiah in the cistern. (Jim Padgett, 1984) Ebed-Melech ( ‘Eḇeḏmeleḵ; ; ) is a character who appears in Jeremiah 38 and 39. When Jeremiah had been thrown into a cistern and left to die, Ebed-Melech came to rescue him. As a result, Jeremiah relayed God's message to him that he would survive the coming destruction of Jerusalem.

Eunuch, general, tutor of Arsinoe IV

thumb|right|Phinehas slaying Zimri and Cozbi, by Joos van Winghe Cozbi or Kozbi (, tr. Kozbī) is mentioned in in the Hebrew Bible as "[the] daughter of Zur", a prominent Midianite, and a wife or concubine of the Israelite Zimri, son of Salu. The Lord objected to the mixing of the Israelite people with the local Midianites, and the resultant worshiping of Baal, and instructed Moses to slay all the Israelites who had worshiped Baal.

Artoxares (; Old Persian *Artaxšara) (c. 465 BC - after 419 BC) was a Paphlagonian eunuch, who played a central role during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II of Persia.

Byzantine Eunuch

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