[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. They were probably inspired at least in part by the fact that their old tyrant Hippias, who had been thrown out years before, accompanied the Persian fleet to Marathon, hoping to be reinstalled in power in Athens once again. ... More than 4,000 ostraka bearing Megakles' name were found in one deposit in the Kerameikos (the potters' quarter of Athens) and have been associated with the ostracism of 486 B.C., although the rude comments that accompany his name on some of these ostraka concentrate on his morals rather than on his tyrannical tendencies.

[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, ... 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. ... Such was ostracism, introduced as a safeguard against tyranny, later used as a weapon by rival statesmen, and finally abandoned in the late fifth century when it deteriorated into a political game. 21. ... Stray sherds from the whole area represent later votes of ostracism and provide the names of most of Athens’ prominent statesmen (21, 22). 22.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 25, s. 19, p. 1

Ostracism in Athens. Definition and Procedure. Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia. Plutarch, Aristeides. FGH IIIB, 328 F 30. Aristotle, AthPol 43.5. Pollux, 8.19-20. Plutarch, Aristeides 7. Diodorus, 11.55 ... Agora 25 1 ... Ostracism in Athens

[Agora Publication] Agora XXV: Ostraka

Lang, L ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The scraps of pottery on which were written the names of candidates for ostracism are one of the most intriguing pieces of evidence for ancient democracy found in the Athenian Agora. This book is a complete ... 1990 ... The scraps of pottery on which were written the names of candidates for ostracism are one of the most intriguing pieces of evidence for ancient democracy found in the Athenian Agora. ... Chapter One discusses the history of ostracism in Athens with brief remarks about the “candidates.” ... The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 25, s. 9, p. ix

Table of Contents. Preface. List of Illustrations. Bibliography and Abbreviations. Explanatory Notes. Ostracism in Athens. Definition and Procedure. Date and Purpose of Introduction. Agora Candidates for ... Agora 25 ix ... Ostracism in Athens ... Agora Candidates for Ostracism: Historical Outline

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 795

Fragment of outturned mouth and wall. Glaze abraded on rim. Reserved line on inside at junction of mouth and body. Est. diam. of mouth 0.12; P.H. 0.05. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pp. 185--186, ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Vanderpool, "Ostracism at Athens," Lectures in Memory of Louise Taft Semple, II, 1968--1970, Norman, Oklahoma, p. 245, fig. 2; Agora XXV, p. 67, cat. no. 321, pl. 2. Youth (from the waist up) to right, dressed in a himation, his right hand resting on his hip, his left arm raised. ... For the ostracism of Kallixenos, see 167.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 277, p. 252

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Oropos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Peisistratos. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 252 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Ostracism ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Paint in Architecture ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Paintings; In Bouleuterion

[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 4 (1960): The Athenian Citizen Democracy in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The artifacts and monuments of the Athenian Agora provide our best evidence for the workings of ancient democracy. As a concise introduction to these physical traces, this book has been a bestseller since ... 1960 2004

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 25, s. 15, p. xv

Meister, I. K., "Zum Zeitpunkt des Einführung des Ostrakismos," Chiron 1, 1971, pp. 85-88. Oliver, J. H., "Reforms of Cleisthenes," Historia 9, 1960, pp. 503-507. J. Kirchner, Prosopographia attica, Berlin ... Agora 25 xv ... E., "Ostracism," Archaeology 1, 1948, pp. 79-82 ... E., "Ostracism," CJ 48, 1953, pp. 113-122 ... Vanderpool, E., "Ostracism at Athens," Lectures in Memory of Louise Taft Semple, II, 1968-1970, Norman Oklahoma 1972, pp. 217-250

[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. ... These ships proved crucial in the decisive victory of the Greek fleet over the Persians at Salamis in 480 B.C., as did Themistokles' own guile in tricking the Persians into fighting in the narrow straits. ... (Plutarch, Life of Themistokles 4A) Despite his extraordinary success in turning Athens into the dominant sea power, which led to her military success throughout the 5th century, Themistokles made numerous personal enemies, and we hear disparaging remarks about his greed and ambition.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 76, p. 51

Aristeides, 7, 4. A.E. Raubitschek, The Gates in the Agora, A.J.A., LX, 1956, pp. 279-282. Aristophanes, Knights, 855-857. J. Carcopino, L' Ostracisme Athénien 2, Paris, 1955. Hignett, Athenian Constitution, ... Agora 14 51 ... Raubitschek, The Gates in the Agora, A.J.A., LX, 1956, pp. 279-282 ... Vanderpool, Ostracism at Athens, Lectures in memory of Louise Taft Temple, 2nd Series, University of Cincinnati, 1970

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 25, s. 14, p. xiv

Dover, K. J., "Androtion on Ostracism," CR 13, 1963, pp. 256-257. A. W. Gomme, A. Andrewes, and K. J. Dover, A Historical Commentary on Thucydides, V, Book VIII, Oxford 1981. F. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der ... Agora 25 xiv ... J., "Androtion on Ostracism," CR 13, 1963, pp. 256-257 ... R., "Ostraca and the Law on Ostracism," JHS 79, 1959, pp. 69-79 ... W., Some Studies in Athenian Politics in the Fifth Century B.C.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 25, s. 16, p. xvi

Vanderpool, E., "Kleophon," Hesperia 21, 1952, pp. 114-115. Vanderpool, E., "New Ostraka from the Athenian Agora," Hesperia 37, 1968, pp. 117-120. Vanderpool, E., "Alcibiades," Hesperia 37, 1968, p. 398 ... Agora 25 xvi ... Vanderpool, E., "Ostracism at Athens," Lectures in Memory of Louise Taft Semple, II, 1968-1970, Norman Oklahoma 1972, pp. 217-250 ... T., "The Laws of Kleisthenes," Essays in Greek History, Oxford 1958, pp. 135-154 ... Young, "An Industrial District in Ancient Athens," Hesperia 20, 1951, pp. 135-288

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 30, s. 271, p. 252

fig. 37. Well. C. Boulter, Hesperia 22, 1953, p. 67, fig. 1:9, pl. 26:9. Lezzi-Hafter, Schuwalow-Maler, p. 102, cat. no. Ch 5, pl. 76:a, b. F. Lissarrague, Around the Krater: an Aspect of Banquet Imagery, ... Agora 30 252 P 15918 P 21860 P 17620 P 18259 N 7:3 A 18-19:1 F 19:5 ... 500 B.C ... Lissarrague, Around the Krater: an Aspect of Banquet Imagery, in Sympotica: A Symposium on the Symposium, O. ... Vanderpool, Ostracism at Athens, Lectures in Memory of Louise Taft Semple II, 1968-1970, Norman, Oklahoma, p. 245, fig. 2

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 25, s. 13, p. xiii

Bibliography and Abbreviations. Archäologischer Anzeiger. The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Agora 4. Agora 8. Agora 10. Agora 12 ... Agora 25 xiii P 7103 ... The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Thomsen, The Origin of Ostracism in Gnomon 46, 1974, pp. 817-819 ... R., The New Politicians of Fifth-century Athens, Princeton 1971

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 202, p. 183

Kimon. Messene: herm at city gates. Kimonian herms. Metalwork, archaic Greek imitated in Roman times. Kleon, G. Quintus, marathonios, archon. Korai. Mikkiades. Miletos: archaistic dancers from theater ... Agora 11 183 ... Metalwork, archaic Greek imitated in Roman times ... Ostracism ... Marble-working quarters in ancient Athens

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 19, s. 72, p. 59

Demosthenes, Against Boiotos II, 40.20. Demosthenes, Against Timokrates, 24.54. Pollux 8.99. A. Andreades, A History of Greek Public Finance, C.N. Brown, trans. Cambridge, Mass., 1933, pp. 276-277. Plutarch, ... Agora 19 59 ... Loening, The Reconciliation Agreement of 403/402 B.C. in Athens (Hermes Einzelschrift 53), Stuttgart 1987, pp. 51-52, 88-97 ... Woodhead, I.G., I², 95 and the Ostracism Hyperbolus, Hesperia 18, 1949 (pp. 73-88), pp. 80-82

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

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Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. ... Walbank, presents the records of leases for public and sacred lands, which once stood in the Agora; the documents are now in both the Agora and the Epigraphical Museums in Athens. ... Chapter One discusses the history of ostracism in Athens with brief remarks about the “candidates.”

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

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Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. ... Google Books | English PDF | Buy Online | Search for Items Inside The Stoa of Attalos II in Athens Author: Thompson, H. ... The author discusses the manufacture of lamps in Athens, a major industry with over 50 known workshops in the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 12.2, s. 92, p. 465

Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, Bull. Supplement, no. 8: A.D. Trendall, Phlyax Vases. Vente Drouot, 18-20 mars 1901, Paris (Bourguignon Collection), pl. 3, 46, pl. 5, 89. Winter, ... Agora 12 465 ... Vermeulle, Emily, Greece in the Bronze Age, Chicago, 1964, pl. ... Woodhead, A.G., The Greeks in the West, New York, 1962, p. 36, fig. 4 b-c, pl. 6 ... Vanderpool, E., Ostracism at Athens (Lectures in Memory of Louise Taft Temple), Cincinnati, 1970