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
Section 16
Subsection 16.1
Subsection 16.2
Subsection 16.3
Subsection 16.4
Subsection 16.5
Subsection 16.6
Subsection 16.7
Subsection 16.8
Subsection 16.9
Subsection 16.10
Section 17
Subsection 17.1
Subsection 17.2
Subsection 17.3
Subsection 17.4
Section 18
Subsection 18.1
Subsection 18.2
Subsection 18.3
Subsection 18.4
Subsection 18.5
Subsection 18.6
Section 19
Subsection 19.1
Subsection 19.2
Subsection 19.3
Subsection 19.4
Subsection 19.5
Subsection 19.6
Section 20
Subsection 20.1
Subsection 20.2
Subsection 20.3
Subsection 20.4
Subsection 20.5
Section 21
Subsection 21.1
Subsection 21.2
Subsection 21.3
Subsection 21.4
Subsection 21.5
Subsection 21.6
Section 22
Subsection 22.1
Subsection 22.2
Subsection 22.3
Subsection 22.4
Subsection 22.5
Subsection 22.6
Subsection 22.7
Subsection 22.8
Section 23
Subsection 23.1
Subsection 23.2
Subsection 23.3
Subsection 23.4
Subsection 23.5
Section 24
Subsection 24.1
Subsection 24.2
Subsection 24.3
Section 25
Subsection 25.1
Subsection 25.2
Subsection 25.3
Subsection 25.4
Section 26
Subsection 26.1
Subsection 26.2
Subsection 26.3
Section 27
Subsection 27.1
Subsection 27.2
Subsection 27.3
Subsection 27.4
Subsection 27.5
Section 28
Subsection 28.1
Subsection 28.2
Subsection 28.3
Subsection 28.4
Subsection 28.5
Section 29
Subsection 29.1
Subsection 29.2
Subsection 29.3
Subsection 29.4
Subsection 29.5
Section 30
Subsection 30.1
Subsection 30.2
Subsection 30.3
Subsection 30.4
Subsection 30.5
Subsection 30.6
Section 31
Subsection 31.1
ταύτην μὲν οὖν εἰς τὸν μέλλοντα χρόνον ἀνέγραψαν τὴν πολιτείαν, ἐν δὲ τῷ παρόντι καιρῷ τήνδε· βουλεύειν μὲν τετρακοσίους κατὰ τὰ πάτρια, τετταράκοντα ἐξ ἑκάστης φυλῆς, ἐκ προκρίτων οὓς ἂν ἕλωνται οἱ φυλέται τῶν ὑπὲρ τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότων. τούτους δὲ τάς τε ἀρχὰς καταστῆσαι, καὶ περὶ τοῦ ὅρκου ὅντινα χρὴ ὀμόσαι γράψαι, καὶ περὶ τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν εὐθυνῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πράττειν ᾗ ἂν ἡγῶνται συμφέρειν.
Subsection 31.2
τοῖς δὲ νόμοις οἳ ἂν τεθῶσιν περὶ τῶν πολιτικῶν χρῆσθαι, καὶ μὴ ἐξεῖναι μετακινεῖν μηδʼ ἑτέρους θέσθαι. τῶν δὲ στρατηγῶν τὸ νῦν εἶναι τὴν αἵρεσιν ἐξ ἁπάντων ποιεῖσθαι τῶν πεντακισχιλίων, τὴν δὲ βουλὴν ἐπειδὰν καταστῇ, ποιήσασαν ἐξέτασιν ἐν ὅπλοις ἑλέσθαι δέκα ἄνδρας καὶ γραμματέα τούτοις, τοὺς δὲ αἱρεθέντας ἄρχειν τὸν εἰσιόντα ἐνιαυτὸν αὐτοκράτορας, καὶ ἄν τι δέωνται συμβουλεύεσθαι μετὰ τῆς βουλῆς.
Subsection 31.3
ἑλέσθαι δὲ καὶ ἵππαρχον ἕνα καὶ φυλάρχους δέκα. τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν τὴν αἵρεσιν ποιεῖσθαι τούτων τὴν βουλὴν κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα. τῶν δʼ ἄλλων ἀρχῶν πλὴν τῆς βουλῆς καὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν μὴ ἐξεῖναι μήτε τούτοις μήτε ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ πλέον ἢ ἅπαξ ἄρξαι τὴν αὐτὴν ἀρχήν. εἰς δὲ τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον ἵνα νεμηθῶσιν οἱ τετρακόσιοι εἰς τὰς τέτταρας λήξεις, ὅταν τοῖς αὐτοῖς γίγνηται μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων βουλεύειν, διανειμάντων αὐτοὺς οἱ ἑκατὸν ἄνδρες.