The last known victim of one of these was Hyperbolus. At the beginning of each year, the assembly voted if they wanted to hold one; if so, two months later every citizen was allowed to vote for one person on a sherd of pottery.
The last known victim of one of these was Hyperbolus. At the beginning of each year, the assembly voted if they wanted to hold one; if so, two months later every citizen was allowed to vote for one person on a sherd of pottery. If 6,000 citizens voted, then the person with the most votes, although allowed to maintain his property and citizenship, was banished from Attica for 10 years. FTP, what was this form of Athenian banishment whose victims included Theistocles and Cimon and now refers to any form of social shunning?
The last known victim of one of these was Hyperbolus. At the beginning of each year, the assembly voted if they wanted to hold one; if so, two months later every citizen was allowed to vote for one person on a sherd of pottery.
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