Ostrakon for Themistocles

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Pottery ostrakon identifying Themistocles, 480-460 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be exiled from the polis. (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. (2016, March 24). Ostrakon for Themistocles. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4782/ostrakon-for-themistocles/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Ostrakon for Themistocles." World History Encyclopedia, March 24, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4782/ostrakon-for-themistocles/.

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Cartwright, Mark. "Ostrakon for Themistocles." World History Encyclopedia, 24 Mar 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4782/ostrakon-for-themistocles/.

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