Xanthippus was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the Greco-Persian Wars. He was the son of Ariphron and father of Pericles, both prominent Athenian statesmen. A marriage to Agariste, ni
Jean-François Pierre Peyron. The Funeral of Miltiades, 1782, Louvre Museum. Xanthippus prosecuted Miltiades in 489 BC, leading to his imprisonment.
Ostrakon naming Xanthippus (484 BC). Stoa of Attalus, Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.
Bust of Pericles bearing the inscription "Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian." Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 430 BC. Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums.
Ostracism
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Ostracism was an Athenian democratic procedure in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen,
Ostraca from 482 BC voting in favor of ostracizing Themistocles
Bust of Themistocles, who was exiled via ostracism and fled to Argos around 471 or 472 BC, despite an impactful military career
Example of a Greek Ostracon, suggesting the Ostracization of Themistocles, from the Stoà of Attalus Museum (482 BC)