5/1: ostraka!

In my Greek class this semester we talked about the ancient Athenian practice of ostracism, and I showed my students a picture of some pottery shards from an ostracism vote which had Themistocles' name scratched onto them. Today at the final exam some of the students presented me with pottery shards they had made with my name inscribed on them in Greek letters! Who would have thought it would be such a sweet joke to be ostracized?

1 comment:

elaine said...

a long conversation with my daughter in the wee hrs. of the morning, hearing her struggle and her growth and feeling so blessed to be in relationship with such a remarkably honest compassionate and earnest young woman