Ostraka for Themistocles

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Pottery ostraka identifying Themistocles, 482 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be ostracised from the polis. From a well on the north slope of the acropolis of Athens. (Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens)

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Mark Cartwright
Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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Cartwright, M. (2014, December 14). Ostraka for Themistocles. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3331/ostraka-for-themistocles/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Ostraka for Themistocles." World History Encyclopedia, December 14, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3331/ostraka-for-themistocles/.

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Cartwright, Mark. "Ostraka for Themistocles." World History Encyclopedia, 14 Dec 2014, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3331/ostraka-for-themistocles/.

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