The Athenian Constitution

by Aristotle

Overview

Ancient accounts of Aristotle credit him with 170 Constitutions of various states; it is widely assumed that these were research for the Politics, and that many of them were written or drafted by his students. Athens, however, was a particularly important state, and where Aristotle was living at the time; it is plausible that, even if students did the others, Aristotle did that one himself, and possible that it was intended as a model for the rest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633841765
Publisher:	Wilder Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	07/04/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	60
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About the Author

Aristotle was born in Macedonia in 384 bc. For twenty years he studied at Athens in the academy of Plato, before becoming tutor of the young Alexander the Great. When Alexander became king of Macedonia in 336, Aristotle returned to Athens and founded his own school and research institute, the Lyceum. Aristotle fled to Calcis in 323 in the aftermath of Alexander's death, where he died a year later.

P. J. Rhodes is Professor of Ancient History at Durham University, and is a Fellow of the British Academy. His major work is Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenation Politeia.

Table of Contents

The Athenian ConstitutionList of Illustrations and Maps
Introduction

THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION
THE EPITOME OF HERACLIDES

Notes
Chronological Table
Bibliography
Glossary and Subject Index
Index of Persons and Places