The Origin and Purposes of Ostracism
1961; American School of Classical Studies at Athens; Volume: 30; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/147043
ISSN1553-5622
Autores Tópico(s)Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
ResumoTr HE institution of ostracism, because of its unique character and its importance in the history of fifth century Athens, has been an object of interest and controversy since ancient times and has not yet lost its fascination. Thucydides attributed its establishment to fear and insecurity; ' it was Plutarch's contention that it arose from the envy and jealousy natural to a democracy.2 Grote's passionate defense of the institution is one of the more remarkable passages in his great work,3 but it has not won universal acceptance. Walker, for instance, in the Cambridge Ancient History, condemns ostracism as follows:
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