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The Ostracism of Themistocles: Exile by Broken Pottery
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the strange and brutal ritual of ostracism in ancient Athens — the democratic procedure that let citizens vote to exile any politician for ten years, no crime required. They focus on the most famous case: Themistocles, the hero of Salamis who once saved Greece from Persia but was later ostracized, condemned for medism, and forced to flee to the court of his former enemy, Artaxerxes I. The conversation covers the mechanics of the ostraka, the political rivalries behind the votes, and the question of whether ostracism was a safeguard against tyranny or a…
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