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The Athenian Constitution

by Aristotle (-384–-322)

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  • 69 chapters
  • Reading level: 10th to 12th grade

"The Athenian Constitution" by Aristotle is a work written between 328-322 BC. Lost for centuries and rediscovered on Egyptian papyrus in the 1890s, it describes the political system of ancient Athens in unprecedented detail. The text traces the evolution of Athenian government through various constitutional forms and explains the city's institutions, including citizenship, magistrates, and courts. Its discovery transformed Greek historical study by revealing contemporary information found nowhere else in ancient literature.

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  • Classical literature
  • Constitutional history · Greece · Athens · To 146 B.C.
  • Athens (Greece) · Politics and government · Early works to 1800

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Part 1

...[They were tried] by a court empanelled from among the noble families, and sworn upon the sacrifices. The part of accuser was taken by Myron. They were found guilty of the sacrilege, and their bodies were cast out of their graves and their race banished for evermore. In view of this expiation, Epimenides the Cretan performed a purification of the city.

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Contents

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  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3
  4. Part 4
  5. Part 5
  6. Part 6
  7. Part 7
  8. Part 8
  9. Part 9
  10. Part 10
  11. Part 11
  12. Part 12
  13. Part 13
  14. Part 14
  15. Part 15
  16. Part 16
  17. Part 17
  18. Part 18
  19. Part 19
  20. Part 20
  21. Part 21
  22. Part 22
  23. Part 23
  24. Part 24
  25. Part 25
  26. Part 26
  27. Part 27
  28. Part 28
  29. Part 29
  30. Part 30
  31. Part 31
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  33. Part 33
  34. Part 34
  35. Part 35
  36. Part 36
  37. Part 37
  38. Part 38
  39. Part 39
  40. Part 40
  41. Part 41
  42. Part 42
  43. Part 43
  44. Part 44
  45. Part 45
  46. Part 46
  47. Part 47
  48. Part 48
  49. Part 49
  50. Part 50
  51. Part 51
  52. Part 52
  53. Part 53
  54. Part 54
  55. Part 55
  56. Part 56
  57. Part 57
  58. Part 58
  59. Part 59
  60. Part 60
  61. Part 61
  62. Part 62
  63. Part 63
  64. Part 64
  65. Part 65
  66. Part 66
  67. Part 67
  68. Part 68
  69. Part 69

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This free edition of The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #26095, released 2008-07-21. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: History - Other, History - Ancient.

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