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
Subsection 40.2
Subsection 40.3
Subsection 40.4
Section 41
Subsection 41.1
Subsection 41.2
Subsection 41.3
Section 42
Subsection 42.1
Subsection 42.2
Subsection 42.3
Subsection 42.4
Subsection 42.5
Section 43
Subsection 43.1
Subsection 43.2
Subsection 43.3
Subsection 43.4
Subsection 43.5
Subsection 43.6
Section 44
Subsection 44.1
Subsection 44.2
Subsection 44.3
Subsection 44.4
Section 45
Subsection 45.1
Subsection 45.2
Subsection 45.3
Subsection 45.4
Section 46
Subsection 46.1
Subsection 46.2
Section 47
Subsection 47.1
συνδιοικεῖ δὲ καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἀρχαῖς τὰ πλεῖστα. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ οἱ ταμίαι τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς εἰσὶ μὲν δέκα, κληροῦται δʼ εἷς ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς, ἐκ πεντακοσιομεδίμνων κατὰ τὸν Σόλωνος νόμον ʽἔτι γὰρ ὁ νόμος κύριός ἐστιν̓, ἄρχει δʼ ὁ λαχὼν κἂν πάνυ πένης ᾖ. παραλαμβάνουσι δὲ τό τε ἄγαλμα τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς καὶ τὰς Νίκας καὶ τὸν ἄλλον κόσμον καὶ τὰ χρήματα ἐναντίον τῆς βουλῆς.
Subsection 47.2
ἔπειθʼ οἱ πωληταὶ ι μέν εἰσι, κληροῦται δʼ εἷς ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς. μισθοῦσι δὲ τὰ μισθώματα πάντα, καὶ τὰ μέταλλα πωλοῦσι καὶ τὰ τέλη μετὰ τοῦ ταμίου τῶν στρατιωτικῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τὸ θεωρικὸν ᾑρημένων ἐναντίον τῆς βουλῆς, καὶ κυροῦσιν ὅτῳ ἂν ἡ βουλὴ χειροτονήσῃ, καὶ τὰ πραθέντα μέταλλα, τά τʼ ἐργάσιμα τὰ εἰς τρία ἔτη πεπραμένα, καὶ τὰ συγκεχωρημένα τὰ εἰς ι ἔτη πεπραμένα. καὶ τὰς οὐσίας τῶν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου φευγόντων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐναντίον τῆς βουλῆς πωλοῦσιν, κατακυροῦσι δʼ οἱ θ ἄρχοντες. καὶ τὰ τέλη τὰ εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν πεπραμένα, ἀναγράψαντες εἰς λελευκωμένα γραμματεῖα τόν τε πριάμενον καὶ ὅσου ἂν πρίηται, τῇ βουλῇ παραδιδόασιν.
Subsection 47.3
ἀναγράφουσιν δὲ χωρὶς μὲν οὓς δεῖ κατὰ πρυτανείαν ἑκάστην καταβάλλειν, εἰς δέκα γραμματεῖα, χωρὶς δὲ οὓς τρὶς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, γραμματεῖον κατὰ τὴν καταβολὴν ἑκάστην ποιήσαντες, χωρὶς δʼ οὓς ἐπὶ τῆς ἐνάτης πρυτανείας. ἀναγράφουσι δὲ καὶ τὰ χωρία καὶ τὰς οἰκίας τἀπογραφέντα καὶ πραθέντα ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ· καὶ γὰρ ταῦθʼ οὗτοι πωλοῦσιν. ἔστι δὲ τῶν μὲν οἰκιῶν ἐν ε ἔτεσιν ἀνάγκη τὴν τιμὴν ἀποδοῦναι, τῶν δὲ χωρίων ἐν δέκα· καταβάλλουσιν δὲ ταῦτα ἐπὶ τῆς ἐνάτης πρυτανείας.
Subsection 47.4
εἰσφέρει δὲ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς μισθώσεις τῶν τεμενῶν, ἀναγράψας ἐν γραμματείοις λελευκωμένοις. ἔστι δὲ καὶ τούτων ἡ μὲν μίσθωσις εἰς ἔτη δέκα, καταβάλλεται δʼ ἐπὶ τῆς θ πρυτανείας. διὸ καὶ πλεῖστα χρήματα ἐπὶ ταύτης συλλέγεται τῆς πρυτανείας.
Subsection 47.5
εἰσφέρεται μὲν οὖν εἰς τὴν βουλὴν τὰ γραμματεῖα κατὰ τὰς καταβολὰς ἀναγεγραμμένα, τηρεῖ δʼ ὁ δημόσιος· ὅταν δʼ ᾖ χρημάτων καταβολή, παραδίδωσι τοῖς ἀποδέκταις αὐτὰ ταῦτα καθελὼν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιστυλίων, ὧν ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ δεῖ τὰ χρήματα καταβληθῆναι καὶ ἀπαλειφθῆναι· τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ἀπόκειται χωρίς, ἵνα μὴ προεξαλειφθῇ.