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title: Ostrakon for Pericles
author: Mark Cartwright
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ostrakon for Pericles

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Ostrakon for Pericles](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4522.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4522.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/pottery/) ostrakon identifying [Pericles](https://www.worldhistory.org/pericles/), 444-443 BCE. These were used in [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/) to vote a particular citizen to be exiled from the [polis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Polis/). From a well on the north slope of the [acropolis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Acropolis/) of Athens. (Museum of the Ancient [Agora](https://www.worldhistory.org/agora/), Athens)

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## About the Author

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.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2016, January 27). Ostrakon for Pericles. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4522/ostrakon-for-pericles/>
### Chicago
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### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Ostrakon for Pericles." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Jan 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4522/ostrakon-for-pericles/>.

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