Overview
Explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. This book argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values.
- | By (Author): Sara Forsdyke
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- | Publisher: Princeton University Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 30, 2005
- | Country of Publication: United States
- | Number of Pages: 376 pages
- | Language: Not available
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-10: 0007233485
- | ISBN-13: 9780691119755