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Abstract Chapter Two studies the history of ostracism in Athens, and in particular the much-debated issue of historicity and of absolute chronology of particular ostracisms (including the last effective use of ostracism in Athens—exiling Hyperbolus in ca. 416 bc). To this end, it preliminarily discusses the historical utility of the extant Athenian ostraka, possible sources of the list of ostracisms consulted by the Constitution of Athens ascribed to Aristotle, and ponders the question of potential historical ostracisms never mentioned in our extant sources. In conclusion, it is argued that the number of the historical ostrakophoriai, or final votes of ostracism, did not exceed those recorded in ancient literature (12–14 in total). Meanwhile, two features of ostracism requiring thorough investigation are the striking rareness of the historical cases of ostracism and the chronological discrepancy between the date of the introduction of the law of ostracism by Cleisthenes (most probably in 508/507 bc), and its first effective use 20 years later.

Author

Marek Węcowski

Publisher

OUP Oxford

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192587558

Subjects

History, Humanities