[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Ostracism

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Ostracism In addition to the legal assassination condoned in the Law against Tyranny, a less extreme method was also available for removing powerful but dangerous men from public life. This was a formal, ... AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Ostracism

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Practice of Ostracism

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Ostracism Soon after their victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians began the practice of ostracism, a form of election designed to curb the power of any rising tyrant ... Birth of Democracy: Practice of Ostracism

[Agora Publication] Kagan (1961): The Origin and Purposes of Ostracism

Kagan, Donald ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 30.4 4 393-401 10.2307_147043 ... 1961 ... The Origin and Purposes of Ostracism

[Agora Publication] Vanderpool (1952a): The Ostracism of the Elder Alkibiades

Vanderpool, Eugene ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 21.1 1 1-8 10.2307_146934 ... 1952 ... The Ostracism of the Elder Alkibiades