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
Subsection 35.2
Subsection 35.3
Subsection 35.4
Section 36
Subsection 36.1
Subsection 36.2
Section 37
Subsection 37.1
Subsection 37.2
Section 38
Subsection 38.1
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καταλαβόντων τῶν ἀπὸ Φυλῆς τὴν Μουνιχίαν, καὶ νικησάντων μάχῃ τοὺς μετὰ τῶν τριάκοντα βοηθήσαντας, ἐπαναχωρήσαντες μετὰ τὸν κίνδυνον οἱ ἐκ τοῦ ἄστεως, καὶ συναθροισθέντες εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ τοὺς μὲν τριάκοντα κατέλυσαν, αἱροῦνται δὲ δέκα τῶν πολιτῶν αὐτοκράτορας ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ πολέμου κατάλυσιν. οἱ δὲ παραλαβόντες τὴν ἀρχήν, ἐφʼ οἷς μὲν ᾑρέθησαν οὐκ ἔπραττον, ἔπεμπον δʼ εἰς Λακεδαίμονα βοήθειαν μεταπεμπόμενοι καὶ χρήματα δανειζόμενοι.
Subsection 38.2
χαλεπῶς δὲ φερόντων ἐπὶ τούτοις τῶν ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ, φοβούμενοι μὴ καταλυθῶσιν τῆς ἀρχῆς, καὶ βουλόμενοι καταπλῆξαι τοὺς ἄλλους ʽὅπερ ἐγένετὀ, συλλαβόντες Δημάρετον οὐδενὸς ὄντα δεύτερον τῶν πολιτῶν ἀπέκτειναν, καὶ τὰ πράγματα βεβαίως εἶχον, συναγωνιζομένου Καλλιβίου τε καὶ τῶν Πελοποννησίων τῶν παρόντων, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἐνίων τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἱππεῦσι· τούτων γάρ τινες μάλιστα τῶν πολιτῶν ἐσπούδαζον μὴ κατελθεῖν τοὺς ἀπὸ Φυλῆς.
Subsection 38.3
ὡς δʼ οἱ τὸν Πειραιέα καὶ τὴν Μουνιχίαν ἔχοντες, ἀποστάντος ἅπαντος τοῦ δήμου πρὸς αὐτούς, ἐπεκράτουν τῷ πολέμῳ, τότε καταλύσαντες τοὺς δέκα τοὺς πρώτους αἱρεθέντας ἄλλους εἵλοντο δέκα τοὺς βελτίστους εἶναι δοκοῦντας, ἐφʼ ὧν συνέβη καὶ τὰς διαλύσεις ι γενέσθαι καὶ κατελθεῖν τὸν δῆμον, συναγωνιζομένων καὶ προθυμουμένων τούτων. προειστήκεσαν δʼ αὐτῶν μάλιστα Ῥίνων τε ὁ Παιανιεὺς καὶ Φάυλλος ὁ Ἀχερδούσιος· οὗτοι γὰρ πρίν τε Παυσανίαν τʼ ἀφικέσθαι διεπέμποντο πρὸς τοὺς ἐν Πειραιεῖ, καὶ ἀφικομένου συνεσπούδασαν τὴν κάθοδον.
Subsection 38.4
ἐπὶ πέρας γὰρ ἤγαγε τὴν εἰρήνην καὶ τὰς διαλύσεις Παυσανίας ὁ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλεύς, μετὰ τῶν δέκα διαλλακτῶν τῶν ὕστερον ἀφικομένων ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος, οὓς αὐτὸς ἐσπούδασεν ἐλθεῖν· οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ῥίνωνα διά τε τὴν εὔνοιαν τὴν εἰς τὸν δῆμον ἐπῃνέθησαν, καὶ λαβόντες τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ἐν ὀλιγαρχίᾳ, τὰς εὐθύνας ἔδοσαν ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ, καὶ οὐδεὶς οὐδὲν ἐνεκάλεσεν αὐτοῖς, οὔτε τῶν ἐν ἄστει μεινάντων, οὔτε τῶν ἐκ Πειραιέως κατελθόντων, ἀλλὰ διὰ ταῦτα καὶ στρατηγὸς εὐθὺς ᾑρέθη Ῥίνων.