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Ancient Greeces Quirks Ostracism The Naked Olympics And Eccentric Philosophers

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Fun Facts

Fun Fact

Pottery vote: The modern word 'ostracize' comes directly from 'ostrakon', the Greek word for the broken piece of pottery used as a ballot.

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Quizzes

Quiz

Which Athenian political office was exempt from the random lottery and chosen by actual election instead?

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What material did ancient Athenians write on to cast their votes for banishing a politician?

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What did an ostracized Athenian citizen lose during their ten years of exile?

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What was the name of the stone machine used by Athenians to randomly select citizens for government roles?

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How many years did a banished Athenian citizen have to stay away from the city-state?

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Where did Athenian citizens gather to cast their votes for ostracism?

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What was the minimum number of total votes required for an Athenian ostracism vote to be valid?

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Which Athenian statesman was famously banished simply because people were tired of hearing him called 'The Just'?

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Glosario

Glossary
ostracism (noun)
Exclusion from a society or group by common consent. The Athenian assembly annually voted to exile one prominent citizen for ten years using inscribed pottery shards.

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Gossip

Gossip

Would you trust a random lottery to choose your country's president?

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Videos

misslily When voting backfired on Aristides

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misslily The lottery that chose the government

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misslily Voting with broken pottery shards

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misslily The ten-year forced vacation

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