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After this event there was contention for a long time between the upper classes and the populace. Not only was the constitution at this time oligarchical in every respect, but the poorer classes, men, women, and children, were the serfs of the rich. They were known as Pelatae... Read Full Overview

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds of government... Read Full Overview

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds... Read Full Overview

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Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds... Read Full Overview

A foundational account of the development, structure, and function of Athenian government, attributed to Aristotle and his school. The Athenian Constitution presents a detailed examination of the evolution of political institutions in ancient Athens, tracing... Read Full Overview

The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle and translated by Sir Frederic G. Kenyon. The Constitution of the Athenians, also called the Athenian Constitution, is a work by Aristotle or one of his students. It was preserved on two leaves of a papyrus codex discovered at Oxyrhynchus,... Read Full Overview

The Constitution of the Athenians or the Athenian Constitution is a work by Aristotle or one of his students. It was preserved on two leaves of a papyrus codex discovered at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt in 1879. The Aristotelian text is unique, because it is not a part of the Corpus Aristotelicum... Read Full Overview

Sous le nom de Constitutions, les fameuses politeiai, les anciens rassemblaient une collection de quelques 158 traites d'Aristote exposant les institutions politiques d'un grand nombre d'Etats, grecs ou barbares. De ces traites, seule la Constitution d'Athenes, decouverte en... Read Full Overview

The Constitution of the Athenians or the Athenian Constitution (Greek: &th????O? ??????? Athenaion Politeia) is a work by Aristotle or one of his students. It was preserved on two leaves of a papyrus codex discovered at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt in 1879.The Aristotelian text is unique,... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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