Aristotle and Xenophon on democracy and oligarchy : Aristotle's the Constitution of Athens ; The Constitution of the Athenians, ascribed to Xenophon the Orator ; Xenophon's the Politeia of the Spartans ; The Boeotian Constitution, from the Oxyrhynchus His

Aristotle’s the Constitution of Athens ; The Constitution of the Athenians, ascribed to Xenophon the Orator ; Xenophon’s the Politeia of the Spartans ; The Boeotian Constitution, from the Oxyrhynchus Historian Three treatises survive from classical Greece under the loose title Politeiai (Constitutions) which are unique in character and indispensable to any student of the period. The longest and most important is Aristotle's Constitution of Athens which is both a history of Athenian constitutional development and a survey of the constitutional machinery of Aristotle's own day. The second, by Xenophon, is an account of the Spartan social and educational system, and the third, also attributed to Xenophon, The Constitution of the Athenians, though probably by an earlier author, is the first example in history of political pamphleteering. Dr. Moore has newly translated all three of these documents and an additional fragment The Boeotian Constitution written in the fourth century B. C. and the only surviving account of a genuinely oligarchic regime of the period. To these much needed, scholarly translations Dr. Moore has added brilliant introductions and commentaries which evaluate the documents, illumine their significance, and provide the background information which the writers assumed their readers to possess. In bringing together, translating, and annotating these constitutional documents from ancient Greece, Dr. Moore has produced an authoritative work of the highest scholarship which will place all students of constitutional history and of the Ancient World in his debt.

This collection contains:
Aristotle's The Constitution of Athens
Xenophon's The Politeia of the Spartans
The Constitution of the Athenians ascribed to Xenophon the Orator
The Boeotian Constitution from the Oxyrhynchus Historian

In bringing together, translating, and annotating these constitutional documents from ancient Greece thirty five years ago, J. M. Moore produced an authoritative work of the highest scholarship. An explanatory essay by classics scholar Kurt A. Raaflaub expands this indispensable collection.

This collection contains:
Aristotle's The Constitution of Athens
Xenophon's The Politeia of the Spartans
The Constitution of the Athenians ascribed to Xenophon the Orator
The Boeotian Constitution from the Oxyrhynchus Historian
In bringing together, translating, and annotating these constitutional documents from ancient Greece thirty five years ago, J. M. Moore produced an authoritative work of the highest scholarship. An explanatory essay by classics scholar Kurt A. Raaflaub expands this indispensable collection.

1. Aristotle, The Constitution of Athens 2. Xenophon the Orator, The Constitution of the Athenians 3. Xenophon, The Politeia of the Spartans 4. The Oxyrhynchus Historian, The Boeotian Constitution Preface Part I The Constitution of the Athenians The Politeia of the Spartans The Boeotian Constitution Part II The Constitution of Athens Index