Ostrakon for Themistocles

Server Costs Fundraiser 2024

Help our mission to provide free history education to the world! Please donate and contribute to covering our server costs in 2024. With your support, millions of people learn about history entirely for free every month.
$3890 / $18000

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by
published on 24 March 2016
Ostrakon for Themistocles Download Full Size Image

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)

Remove Ads
Advertisement
Subscribe to this author

About the Author

Mark Cartwright
Mark is a full-time writer, researcher, historian, and editor. Special interests include art, architecture, and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the WHE Publishing Director.

Cite This Work

APA Style

Cartwright, M. (2016, March 24). Ostrakon for Themistocles. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4782/ostrakon-for-themistocles/

Chicago Style

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

MLA Style

Cartwright, Mark. "Ostrakon for Themistocles." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 24 Mar 2016. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

Membership