ostrakon

Words nearby ostrakon

Example sentences from the Web for ostrakon

• From ostrakon, a tile; the voter wrote the name on a tile or shell.

  The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

• Then each voter received a shell (Greek, ostrakon), and dropped it into a place made for that purpose.

  The Story of the Greeks|H. A. Guerber

• One of their most interesting games, and one which you would all enjoy, was the twirling of the ostrakon.

  Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880|Various