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Ostracism, a very tall woman and tyrants.
In this podcast I look at the oddity that was ostracism in Ancient Athens. Why was it needed? What did it aim to do? There's also a brief chat about tyrants and which includes an instance which Herodotus calls the silliest trick in history.
Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger)
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
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In this podcast I look at the oddity that was ostracism in Ancient Athens. Why was it needed? What did it aim to do? There's also a brief chat about tyrants and which includes an instance which Herodotus calls the silliest trick in history.
Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger)
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
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