Athenian ostracism and its original purpose: a prisoner's dilemma

Ostracism is by far the most emblematic institution of ancient Athenian democracy. This volume offers a reassessment of recently found ostraka (or potsherds, on which the names of the 'candidates' for exile were inscribed by citizens) from several Greek cities outside Athens, a thorough re...

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Main Author: Węcowski, Marek 1969- (Author)
Other Authors: Ożarowska, Lidia ca. 20./21. Jh (Translator)
Format: Electronic Map
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2022
Edition:First edition
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Ostracism is by far the most emblematic institution of ancient Athenian democracy. This volume offers a reassessment of recently found ostraka (or potsherds, on which the names of the 'candidates' for exile were inscribed by citizens) from several Greek cities outside Athens, a thorough reconstruction of the history and of the procedure of ostracism in Athens, and a comprehensive account of the political circumstances of the introduction of the law on ostracism by Cleisthenes in 508/507 BCE. Marek Wecowski's original study focuses not only on the final stage, the day of the vote, but on the entire operation and procedure of ostracisation
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 291 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780191882760
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198848202.001.0001

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