Linguistic and rhetorical implications of ostracism in Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Abstract
This paper aims to analyse ostracism according to Plutarch’s Life of Nicias (chapter 11), Themistocles (21-22), Kimon (1), Aristides (1 and 7), Pericles (9-10) and Alcibiades (24). We intend to show that the author emphasizes the discursive dimension of Athenian ostracism, in order to unmask the linguistic confusion and lies that the practice entails. This rhetorical strategy is in agreement with the didactic purposes of Plutarch’s work.
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