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Kontrowersje wokół początków ostracyzmu w Atenach
The origin of ostracism in Athens

Author(s): Dominika Grzesik
Subject(s): History, Ancient World
Published by: Instytut Historyczny Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Summary/Abstract: The institution of ostracism is an object of controversy because of a problem created by the disagreement between Androtion’s and Ps-Aristotle’s statements. A fifteen-century codex Vaticanus Graecus 1144 gives additional evidence that Cleisthenes was the author of the law and that ostracisms was established in 508/7 BC.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 32-48
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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