When Was Cimon Ostracized

This insulting rebuff caused the collapse of Cimon’s popularity in Athens. As a result, he was ostracised from Athens for ten years beginning in 461 BC.

When was Pericles ostracized?

495 BC, in Athens, Greece. He was the son of the politician Xanthippus, who, though ostracized in 485–484 BC, returned to Athens to command the Athenian contingent in the Greek victory at Mycale just five years later.

Who opposed Pericles?

Cleon first came to notice as an opponent of Pericles in the late 430s BC through his opposition to Pericles’ strategy of refusing battle against the Peloponnesian League invaders in 431 BC.