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The Constitution of the Athenians (in ancient Greek Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία, Athenaion Politeia) describes the political system of ancient Athens. According to ancient sources, Aristotle compiled constitutions of 158 Greek states, of which the Constitution of the Athenians is the only one to survive intact. [6]
Aristotle mentioned the collection of Constitutions in the Nicomachean Ethics (10.1181B17). It was supposed to be material gathered for his work on Politics.However, after the Athenian politeia was discovered, historians noted a later dating of the monographs (in the 320s BC) compared to the Politics (after 336 BC, most likely before 331 BC).
Constitution of the Athenians (Greek: Athenaion politeia) may refer to either of two ancient treatises on the subject of the government of Athens: Constitution of the Athenians (Aristotle) , a treatise on the Athenian constitution written by Aristotle or one of his students
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Article 120 of the Greek Constitution; C. Constitution of the Athenians (Aristotle) Constitution of the ...
The Athenian Constitution, Aristotle (c. 350 BC). Commentary on the Solonian Constitution. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Plutarch (c. 75 AD). Article on "Solon". The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, Frederick Engels. Chapter V: "The Rise of the Athenian State", discusses the significance and effects of ...
Cleisthenes (born around 570 BC). – father of Athenian democracy. He reformed the constitution of ancient Athens and set it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC. Ephialtes (died 461 BC) – led the democratic revolution against the Athenian aristocracy, which exerted control through the Areopagus, the most powerful body in the state. [5]
Constitution of the Athenians, 4th century BC. The ecclesia is represented by the small blue box in the top center of the image. This diagram is based on Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians. The ekklesia in Athens convened on a hill called the Pnyx
The first significant examination of Athenian allotment procedures was James Wycliffe Headlam's Election by Lot, first published in 1891. Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians, the text of which was first discovered in 1879 and first published as Aristotle's in 1890, became an important resource for scholars. Throughout the text, Aristotle ...