Which of the following describes the political act of “ostracism” and what was its purpose? Choose two correct answers. Athenians could send a man who had grown too popular into a 10-year exile by casting a vote with a pottery sherd inscribed with the name of the man to be ostracized. It describes the act of voting in the assembly by the show of hands in favor of or against a specific proposal. The act of ostracism was supposed to protect the young Athenian democracy from tyranny. It described the procedure by which a general (strategoi) was elected by lot from a pool of contenders.

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Which of the following describes the political act of “ostracism” and what was its purpose? Choose two correct answers.
Athenians could send a man who had grown too popular into a 10-year exile by casting a vote with a pottery sherd inscribed with the name of the man to be ostracized.
	It describes the act of voting in the assembly by the show of hands in favor of or against a specific proposal.
	The act of ostracism was supposed to protect the young Athenian democracy from tyranny.
	It described the procedure by which a general (strategoi) was elected by lot from a pool of contenders.