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[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 ... 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. ... The procedure of ostracism was simple. ... Ostrakon of Hippokrates, candidate for ostracism in the 480's B.C.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Factional Politics

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Factional Politics: The Ostracism of Themistokles A group of ostraka found together in a pit on the North Slope of the Acropolis is of special interest. There were 190 ostraka, mostly the round feet of ... Factional Politics: The Ostracism of Themistokles A group of ostraka found together in a pit on the North Slope of the Acropolis is of special interest.

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Museum

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The Museum On display in the public galleries of the stoa is a selection of the thousands of objects recovered in the past 75 years, reflecting the use of the area from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1500. The public ... Ostraka of the Athenian generals Alkibiades and Nikias, both candidates for ostracism in 417–415 B.C.