[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, ... Aristeides, Themistokles, Kimon ... so was ostracized. Kimon son of Miltiades of

[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 ... ΜΙΛΤΙΑΔΟ, Kimon son of Miltiades ... Kimon's ostracism, Perikles ... Scott-Kilvert) Ostrakon of Kimon