Constitution of the Athenians

Name: Constitution of the Athenians
Author: Aristotle

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

Subsection 47.2

Subsection 47.3

Subsection 47.4

Subsection 47.5

Section 48 Subsection 48.1

Subsection 48.2

Subsection 48.3

Subsection 48.4

Subsection 48.5

Section 49 Subsection 49.1

Subsection 49.2

Subsection 49.3

Subsection 49.4

Subsection 49.5

Section 50 Subsection 50.1

Subsection 50.2

Section 51 Subsection 51.1

Subsection 51.2

Subsection 51.3

Subsection 51.4

Section 52 Subsection 52.1

Subsection 52.2

Subsection 52.3

Section 53 Subsection 53.1

Subsection 53.2

Subsection 53.3

Subsection 53.4

Subsection 53.5

Subsection 53.6

Subsection 53.7

Section 54 Subsection 54.1

Subsection 54.2

Subsection 54.3

Subsection 54.4

Subsection 54.5

Subsection 54.6

Subsection 54.7

Subsection 54.8

Section 55 Subsection 55.1

αὗται μὲν οὖν αἱ ἀρχαὶ κληρωταί τε καὶ κύριαι τῶν εἰρημένων πράξεων εἰσίν. οἱ δὲ καλούμενοι ἐννέα ἄρχοντες τὸ μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὃν τρόπον καθίσταντο, εἴρηται· νῦν δὲ κληροῦσιν θεσμοθέτας μὲν ἓξ καὶ γραμματέα τούτοις, ἔτι δʼ ἄρχοντα καὶ βασιλέα καὶ πολέμαρχον, κατὰ μέρος ἐξ ἑκάστης φυλῆς.

Subsection 55.2

δοκιμάζονται δʼ οὗτοι πρῶτον μὲν ἐν τῇ βουλῇ τοῖς φ, πλὴν τοῦ γραμματέως, οὗτος δʼ ἐν δικαστηρίῳ μόνον ὥσπερ οἱ ἄλλοι ἄρχοντες ʽπάντες γὰρ καὶ οἱ κληρωτοὶ καὶ οἱ χειροτονητοὶ δοκιμασθέντες ἄρχουσιν̓, οἱ δʼ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες ἔν τε τῇ βουλῇ καὶ πάλιν ἐν δικαστηρίῳ. καὶ πρότερον μὲν οὐκ ἦρχεν ὅντινʼ ἀποδοκιμάσειεν ἡ βουλή, νῦν δʼ ἔφεσίς ἐστιν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον, καὶ τοῦτο κύριόν ἐστι τῆς δοκιμασίας.

Subsection 55.3

ἐπερωτῶσιν δʼ, ὅταν δοκιμάζωσιν, πρῶτον μὲν "3τίς ι σοι πατὴρ καὶ πόθεν τῶν δήμων, καὶ τίς πατρὸς πατήρ, καὶ τίς μήτηρ, καὶ τίς μητρὸς πατὴρ καὶ πόθεν τῶν δήμων"3; μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εἰ ἔστιν αὐτῷ Ἀπόλλων Πατρῷος καὶ Ζεὺς Ἑρκεῖος, καὶ ποῦ ταῦτα τὰ ἱερά ἐστιν, εἶτα ἠρία εἰ ἔστιν καὶ ποῦ ταῦτα, ἔπειτα γονέας εἰ εὖ ποιεῖ, καὶ τὰ τέλη εἰ τελεῖ, καὶ τὰς στρατείας εἰ ἐστράτευται. ταῦτα δʼ ἀνερωτήσας, "3κάλει" 3 φησὶν "3τούτων τοὺς μάρτυρασ" 3.

Subsection 55.4

ἐπειδὰν δὲ παράσχηται τοὺς μάρτυρας, ἐπερωτᾷ "3τούτου βούλεταί τις κατηγορεῖν"3; κἂν μὲν ᾖ τις κατήγορος, δοὺς κατηγορίαν καὶ ἀπολογίαν, οὕτω δίδωσιν ἐν μὲν τῇ βουλῇ τὴν ἐπιχειροτονίαν, ἐν δὲ τῷ δικαστηρίῳ τὴν ψῆφον· ἐὰν δὲ μηδεὶς βούληται κατηγορεῖν, εὐθὺς δίδωσι τὴν ψῆφον· καὶ πρότερον μὲν εἷς ἐνέβαλλε τὴν ψῆφον, νῦν δʼ ἀνάγκη πάντας ἐστὶ διαψηφίζεσθαι περὶ αὐτῶν, ἵνα ἄν τις πονηρὸς ὢν ἀπαλλάξῃ τοὺς κατηγόρους, ἐπὶ τοῖς δικασταῖς γένηται τοῦτον ἀποδοκιμάσαι.

Subsection 55.5

δοκιμασθέντες δὲ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον, βαδίζουσι πρὸς τὸν λίθον ἐφʼ οὗ τὰ τόμιʼ ἐστίν, ἐφʼ οὗ καὶ οἱ διαιτηταὶ ὀμόσαντες ἀποφαίνονται τὰς διαίτας, καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες ἐξόμνυνται τὰς μαρτυρίας· ἀναβάντες δʼ ἐπὶ τοῦτον ὀμνύουσιν δικαίως ἄρξειν καὶ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους, καὶ δῶρα μὴ λήψεσθαι τῆς ἀρχῆς ἕνεκα, κἄν τι λάβωσι ἀνδριάντα ἀναθήσειν χρυσοῦν. ἐντεῦθεν δʼ ὀμόσαντες εἰς ἀκρόπολιν βαδίζουσιν καὶ πάλιν ἐκεῖ ταὐτὰ ὀμνύουσι, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτʼ εἰς τὴν ἀρχὴν εἰσέρχονται.