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
Subsection 31.2
Subsection 31.3
Section 32
Subsection 32.1
Subsection 32.2
Subsection 32.3
Section 33
Subsection 33.1
Subsection 33.2
Section 34
Subsection 34.1
Subsection 34.2
Subsection 34.3
Section 35
Subsection 35.1
οἱ μὲν οὖν τριάκοντα τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον κατέστησαν ἐπὶ Πυθοδώρου ἄρχοντος. γενόμενοι δὲ κύριοι τῆς πόλεως, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα τὰ δόξαντα περὶ τῆς πολιτείας παρεώρων, πεντακοσίους δὲ βουλευτὰς καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἀρχὰς καταστήσαντες ἐκ προκρίτων ἐκ τῶν χιλίων, καὶ προσελόμενοι σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τοῦ Πειραιέως ἄρχοντας δέκα, καὶ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου φύλακας ἕνδεκα, καὶ μαστιγοφόρους τριακοσίους ὑπηρέτας κατεῖχον τὴν πόλιν διʼ ἑαυτῶν.
Subsection 35.2
τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον μέτριοι τοῖς πολίταις ἦσαν καὶ προσεποιοῦντο διώκειν τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν, καὶ τούς τʼ Ἐφιάλτου καὶ Ἀρχεστράτου νόμους τοὺς περὶ τῶν Ἀρεοπαγιτῶν καθεῖλον ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου, καὶ τῶν Σόλωνος θεσμῶν ὅσοι διαμφισβητήσεις ἔσχον, καὶ τὸ κῦρος ὃ ἦν ἐν τοῖς δικασταῖς κατέλυσαν, ὡς ἐπανορθοῦντες καὶ ποιοῦντες ἀναμφισβήτητον τὴν πολιτείαν, οἷον ι τὸν περὶ τοῦ δοῦναι τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ᾧ ἂν ἐθέλῃ κύριον ποιήσαντες καθάπαξ· τὰς δὲ προσούσας δυσκολίας, ἐὰν μὴ μανιῶν ἢ γηρῶν ἢ γυναικὶ πιθόμενος, ἀφεῖλον ὅπως μὴ ᾖ τοῖς συκοφάνταις ἔφοδος· ὁμοίως δὲ τοῦτʼ ἔδρων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων.
Subsection 35.3
κατʼ ἀρχὰς μὲν οὖν ταῦτʼ ἐποίουν, καὶ τοὺς συκοφάντας καὶ τοὺς τῷ δήμῳ πρὸς χάριν ὁμιλοῦντας παρὰ τὸ βέλτιστον καὶ κακοπράγμονας ὄντας καὶ πονηροὺς ἀνῄρουν, ἐφʼ οἷς ἔχαιρεν ἡ πόλις γιγνομένοις, ἡγούμενοι τοῦ βελτίστου χάριν ποιεῖν αὐτούς.
Subsection 35.4
ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἐγκρατέστερον ἔσχον, οὐδενὸς ἀπείχοντο τῶν πολιτῶν, ἀλλʼ ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς καὶ ταῖς οὐσίαις καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τοῖς ἀξιώμασιν προέχοντας, ὑπεξαιρούμενοί τε τὸν φόβον καὶ βουλόμενοι τὰς οὐσίας διαρπάζειν. καὶ χρόνου διαπεσόντος βραχέος, οὐκ ἐλάττους ἀνῃρήκεσαν ἢ χιλίους πεντακοσίους.