Athenian ostracism and its original purpose : a prisoner's dilemma /
Ostracism is by far the most emblematic institution of ancient Athenian democracy. This volume offers a reassessment of recently found ostraka (or potsherds, on which the names of the 'candidates' for exile were inscribed by citizens) from several Greek cities outside Athens, a thorough re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Polish. |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Ostracism is by far the most emblematic institution of ancient Athenian democracy. This volume offers a reassessment of recently found ostraka (or potsherds, on which the names of the 'candidates' for exile were inscribed by citizens) from several Greek cities outside Athens, a thorough reconstruction of the history and of the procedure of ostracism in Athens, and a comprehensive account of the political circumstances of the introduction of the law on ostracism by Cleisthenes in 508/507 BCE. Marek Wecowski's original study focuses not only on the final stage, the day of the vote, but on the entire operation and procedure of ostracisation. |
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| Item Description: | "This is a substantially modified and updated version of the earlier Polish edition of my book."--Page xi. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191882760 0191882763 9780192587558 0192587552 9780192587565 0192587560 |