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Ostracism was a procedure in use during the time of Athenian democracy. It gave citizens of Athens power to send in exile of up to ten years a person who was deemed to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant.

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Who introduced the system of ostracism?

Ostracism appears to first have been used by the Athenian democracy.


Do the areopagus have responsibility for ostracism?

No, the Areopagus did not have responsibility for ostracism in ancient Athens. Ostracism was a political process used to exile a citizen for ten years, decided by a vote of the Assembly rather than the Areopagus. The Areopagus primarily served as a council for judicial matters and overseeing certain aspects of governance, while ostracism was a form of direct democratic action by the citizenry.


How are people punished in ancient mesopotamia?

They were disciplined with the rod, whip, lashes, and ostracism.


What is the Athenian vote of banishment?

ostracism


What is the verb form of ostracism?

ostracize


What is a sentence for the word ostracism?

Ostracism and persecution of the Jews by Hitler and non-whites during the apartheid in South Africa both show acts of evil en-masse by corrupt governments.


Did ostracism make Athens more or less democratic?

Ostracism got rid of troublesome political opponents. It depended on where you stood whether those banished were an opponent of democracy or a force for good. After Pericles' death, self-interested leaders used it as a weapon to their own benefit.


Who came up with ostracism?

The Early greeks.


What is the purpose of ostracism?

Ostracism is the act of banning someone from the town or village for a period of ten years. It is from the Athenian culture in the year 400 BC. This was done if someone was deemed a threat to the village. Now it is just the act of excluding someone from a group.


What is the major them in the outsider?

social ostracism and forbidden love


In the sentence The use of repetition strongly emphasises the authors desire for acceptance amongst a society in which he feels extreme ostracism have I used the word ostracism corretly?

Grammatically, yes. The word "ostracism" is a noun and you have it functioning as the direct object of "feels" and modified by the adjective "extreme". In my personal opinion, this version of the sentence, however, sounds better: "The use of repetition strongly emphasizes the author's desire for acceptance amongst a society in which he feels extremely ostracized."


What was the practice of exiling Athenian citizens by practical vote?

ostracism