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
Subsection 38.2
Subsection 38.3
Subsection 38.4
Section 39
Subsection 39.1
Subsection 39.2
Subsection 39.3
Subsection 39.4
Subsection 39.5
Subsection 39.6
Section 40
Subsection 40.1
γενομένων δὲ τοιούτων τῶν διαλύσεων, καὶ φοβουμένων, ὅσοι μετὰ τῶν τριάκοντα συνεπολέμησαν, καὶ πολλῶν μὲν ἐπινοούντων ἐξοικεῖν, ἀναβαλλομένων δὲ τὴν ἀπογραφὴν εἰς τὰς ἐσχάτας ἡμέρας, ὅπερ εἰώθασιν ποιεῖν ἅπαντες, Ἀρχῖνος συνιδὼν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ βουλόμενος κατασχεῖν αὐτούς, ὑφεῖλε τὰς ὑπολοίπους ἡμέρας τῆς ἀπογραφῆς, ὥστε συναναγκασθῆναι μένειν πολλοὺς ἄκοντας, ἕως ἐθάρρησαν.
Subsection 40.2
καὶ δοκεῖ τοῦτό τε πολιτεύσασθαι καλῶς Ἀρχῖνος, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα γραψάμενος τὸ ψήφισμα τὸ Θρασυβούλου παρανόμων, ἐν ᾧ μετεδίδου τῆς πολιτείας πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκ Πειραιέως συγκατελθοῦσι, ὧν ἔνιοι φανερῶς ἦσαν δοῦλοι, καὶ τρίτον, ἐπεί τις ἤρξατο τῶν κατεληλυθότων μνησικακεῖν, ἀπαγαγὼν τοῦτον ἐπὶ τὴν βουλὴν καὶ πείσας ἄκριτον ἀποκτεῖναι, λέγων ὅτι νῦν δείξουσιν, εἰ βούλονται τὴν δημοκρατίαν σῴζειν καὶ τοῖς ὅρκοις ἐμμένειν· ἀφέντας μὲν γὰρ τοῦτον προτρέψειν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους, ἐὰν δʼ ἀνέλωσιν, παράδειγμα ποιήσειν ἅπασιν. ὅπερ καὶ συνέπεσεν· ἀποθανόντος γὰρ οὐδεὶς πώποτε ὕστερον ἐμνησικάκησεν, ἀλλὰ δοκοῦσιν κάλλιστα δὴ καὶ πολιτικώτατα ἁπάντων καὶ ἰδίᾳ καὶ κοινῇ χρήσασθαι ταῖς προγεγενημέναις συμφοραῖς·
Subsection 40.3
οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὰς περὶ τῶν προτέρων αἰτίας ἐξήλειψαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ χρήματα Λακεδαιμονίοις, ἃ οἱ τριάκοντα πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ἔλαβον, ἀπέδοσαν κοινῇ, κελευουσῶν τῶν συνθηκῶν ἑκατέρους ἀποδιδόναι χωρίς, τούς τʼ ἐκ τοῦ ἄστεως καὶ τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ Πειραιέως, ἡγούμενοι τοῦτο πρῶτον ἄρχειν δεῖν τῆς ὁμονοίας· ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἄλλαις πόλεσιν οὐχ οἷον ἔτι προστιθέασιν τῶν οἰκείων οἱ δῆμοι κρατήσαντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ι χώραν ἀνάδαστον ποιοῦσιν.
Subsection 40.4
διελύθησαν δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι κατοικήσαντας, ἔτει τρίτῳ μετὰ τὴν ἐξοίκησιν, ἐπὶ Ξεναινέτου ἄρχοντος.