Now, I'm not trying to cause a stir. I'm simply a curious person. We're there Africans present in ancient Greece? If so, were they accepted into society, slaves, or a mix of the two? My question arose from the Netflix series called Troy: Fall of a City. Zeus, Achilles, and a good number of his myrmidons (I think thats spelled right) were played by african-american actors. I know most movies and tv series aren't exactly accurate but it did make me wonder. I honestly don't care if the show is accurate or not, I still enjoyed it.
I answered this question in detail a while ago here. The short answer is that yes, there were black Africans in Ancient Greece; they were sometimes depicted on vases, but rarely remarked upon by the Greeks, because skin colour was not exclusively regarded as an ethnic marker. However, this is irrelevant in the case of Troy: Fall of a City, since the show is based on a poem that is not firmly grounded in any historical society, and therefore doesn't need to conform to the actual ethnic makeup of Ancient Greece anyway.