Constitution of the Athenians
Aristotle (384–322 BC)
Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians in the Greek text edited by Frederic G. Kenyon.
Section 1
Subsection 1.1
Section 2
Subsection 2.1
Subsection 2.2
Subsection 2.3
Section 3
Subsection 3.1
Subsection 3.2
Subsection 3.3
Subsection 3.4
Subsection 3.5
Subsection 3.6
Section 4
Subsection 4.1
Subsection 4.2
Subsection 4.3
Subsection 4.4
Subsection 4.5
Section 5
Subsection 5.1
Subsection 5.2
Subsection 5.3
Section 6
Subsection 6.1
Subsection 6.2
Subsection 6.3
Subsection 6.4
Section 7
Subsection 7.1
Subsection 7.2
Subsection 7.3
Subsection 7.4
Section 8
Subsection 8.1
Subsection 8.2
Subsection 8.3
Subsection 8.4
Subsection 8.5
Section 9
Subsection 9.1
Subsection 9.2
Section 10
Subsection 10.1
Subsection 10.2
Section 11
Subsection 11.1
Subsection 11.2
Section 12
Subsection 12.1
Subsection 12.2
Subsection 12.3
Subsection 12.4
Subsection 12.5
Section 13
Subsection 13.1
Subsection 13.2
Subsection 13.3
Subsection 13.4
Subsection 13.5
Section 14
Subsection 14.1
Subsection 14.2
Subsection 14.3
Subsection 14.4
Section 15
Subsection 15.1
Subsection 15.2
Subsection 15.3
Subsection 15.4
παρεῖλε δὲ τοῦ δήμου τὰ ὅπλα τόνδε τὸν τρόπον. ἐξοπλασίαν ἐν τῷ Θησείῳ ποιησάμενος ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπεχείρει, καὶ χρόνον προσηγόρευεν μικρόν, οὐ φασκόντων δὲ κατακούειν, ἐκέλευσεν αὐτοὺς προσαναβῆναι πρὸς τὸ πρόπυλον τῆς ἀκροπόλεως, ἵνα γεγωνῇ μᾶλλον. ἐν ᾧ δʼ ἐκεῖνος διέτριβε δημηγορῶν, ἀνελόντες οἱ ἐπὶ τούτῳ τεταγμένοι τὰ ὅπλα, καὶ κατακλείσαντες εἰς τὰ πλησίον οἰκήματα τοῦ Θησείου, διεσήμηναν ἐλθόντες πρὸς τὸν Πεισίστρατον. ὁ δὲ ἐπεὶ τὸν ἄλλον λόγον ἐπετέλεσεν, εἶπε καὶ περὶ τῶν ὅπλων τὸ γεγονός, ὡς οὐ χρὴ θαυμάζειν οὐδʼ ἀθυμεῖν, ἀλλʼ ἀπελθόντας ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων εἶναι, τῶν δὲ κοινῶν αὐτὸς ἐπιμελήσεσθαι πάντων.