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.

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Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)