Here are some photos of the Blegen library. It's pretty cool. We have unlimited access - 24/7. It's kind of nice to roam the stacks after dark.
This is for bonezman. These human bones were excavated from ossuaries in the Athenian agora (marketplace). They are being sorted for analysis.
Once a year during Athenian democracy, citizens could vote to exile one person for ten years. This 'ostraka' (means broken piece of pottery) was cast to 'ostracize' Themistocles from Phrearhioi, the great hero of the Persian War, the builder of Athens walls, and the father of the Athenian navy.
This photo was taken under the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian agora. This is where the archaeologists keep all the pottery they excavate.
This is the base of a victory monument that was found in the agora. The apobates event required two men and one four-horse chariot. While one man drove the chariot, the other (the one in helmet and witha shield) jumped on and off at certain predetermined points - at least that's our best guess to how this event worked. This monument was set up by someone who won this event at the Panathenaic Games.
4 comments:
You never fail to fascinate, Dave! How would it work out if we could now vote to ostracize someone for ten years? My vote goes for...
LOL, Christian. Just keep your pottery shards to yourself. I ain't goin' nowhere.
So is that the actual ostraka cast for Themistocles, Dave, or is it like one of the pieces of the True Cross I picked up in Hermosillo, Mexico?
Wow, bonezman. Unreal...
Yeah, what's funny is that "they" (I'm not sure about names) have analyzed the sherds and discovered that only a few different people wrote the hundreds of ostraka for Themistocles. Now, assuming their research is valid (I've no idea how to prove this), it seems like someone was getting railroaded.
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