RELICS OF GREEKS.
FINDS OF ANCIENT POTTERY
Excavations in the agora (the meeting place of ancient Athens) have revealed three ostraka (fragments of pottery on which the citizens of Athens used to record their votes for or against the ostracism or banishment of prominent citizens). These are indubitably relics of Tliemistocles and Aristides the Just, and are the first discoveries referring to the ostracism of Aristides. The relics were found where the citizens secretly balloted in connection with Cleisthenes’ constitutional reforms about 508 13. C., one of which was the inscribing of the name of a disfavoured politician, and his birthplace on Ostraka. It is recalled that Aristides was ostracised solely because the Athenians were tired of hearing him called “the Just.” Tliemistocles (514-449 8.C.) was one of the ablest of Athenian military leaders. His rivalry with Aristides was partly responsible for Aristides’ banishment. Tliemistocles carried out a big naval shipbuilding programme. Between 476 and 471 B.C. he was ostracised and died in Persia.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 242, 12 September 1932, Page 5
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164RELICS OF GREEKS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 242, 12 September 1932, Page 5
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