Ancient Athens had a system by which a prominent person could be expelled from the city by a popular vote.This person then had to leave the city within ten days.He could return freely after ten years, and there was no confiscation of his property in the meantime. Several Athenian political figures including Alcibiades, Cimon and Themistocles were at the receiving end of this practice. The material used by the citizens to cast their votes in favour of expelling a person gave rise to a modern term. Which one?
Answer: Ostracize
Cracked by Ankit Dhul, Shrey Goyal, Chithananda, and mani.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
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Ancient Athens had a system by which a prominent person could be expelled from the city by a popular vote.This person then had to leave the city within ten days.He could return freely after ten years, and there was no confiscation of his property in the meantime. Several Athenian political figures including Alcibiades, Cimon and Themistocles were at the receiving end of this practice. The material used by the citizens to cast their votes in favour of expelling a person gave rise to a modern term. Which one?
Answer: Ostracize
Cracked by Ankit Dhul, Shrey Goyal, Chithananda, and mani.
Answer: Ostracize
Cracked by Ankit Dhul, Shrey Goyal, Chithananda, and mani.
10 comments:
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Ostracism
- Ankit Dhul - Saturday, May 30, 2009 11:39:00 PM
- Shrey Goyal said...
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Ostracism, from ostraka (pieces of broken pottery)
- Saturday, May 30, 2009 11:39:00 PM
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Veto?
--fathima - Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:30:00 AM
- Piyush said...
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disembark?(bark of a tree?)
- Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:49:00 AM
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Ballot?
--Ajay - Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:43:00 PM
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Ostracise
-Ankit Dhul - Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:25:00 PM
- Chithananda said...
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ostracism
- Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:14:00 PM
- Wasi Manazir said...
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Veto?
- Monday, June 01, 2009 12:05:00 AM
- Unknown said...
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Ostracism
- Monday, June 01, 2009 11:02:00 AM
- Anirudh Patil said...
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peach?? (from impeachment)
- Monday, June 01, 2009 6:54:00 PM
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10 comments:
Ostracism
- Ankit Dhul
Ostracism, from ostraka (pieces of broken pottery)
Veto?
--fathima
disembark?(bark of a tree?)
Ballot?
--Ajay
Ostracise
-Ankit Dhul
ostracism
Veto?
Ostracism
peach?? (from impeachment)
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