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English:
This
ostrakon
from 482 BC was recovered from a well near the Acropolis. It reads "
Themistocles
, son of Neocles". The Athenians had a particular voting technique to remove a citizen from the community:
Every voting citizen would scratch the name of the person to be exiled into a piece of pottery and hand it in to be counted. For some votes thousands of named pottery pieces have been found.
If ostracized, the person was exiled for ten years, and after that time could return and have their property restored. After his ostracism, Themistocles defected to Persia and was made governor of Magnesia.
Español:
Ostracon que contiene el nombre de Thémistocle, hacia 490-480. Museo del Ágora antigua de Atenas
Français :
Ostrakon portant le nom de Thémistocle, 490-480 ou vers 460 a. C. Musée de l'Agora antique d'Athènes.
Italiano:
Ostrakon (coccio con scritto il nome del candidato all'esilio) del 482 a.C., risalente alla votazione che sancì l'ostracismo del generale
Temistocle
. Esposto nel
Museo dell'antica agorà ad Atene
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Depicted people | Themistocles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date | before 472 BC (latest possible date for Themistocles' ostracism) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q2383284
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Inscriptions | ΘΕΜΙΣΘΟΚΛΕΣ ΝΕΟΚΛΕΟΣ [Themistocles, son of Neocles] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Self-photographed by Marsyas , December 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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