Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy

Disciplines Ancient World (Classics) Ancient Philosophy

About the Book

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.

About the Author

J. M. Moore was a noted classics scholar, translator, and author whose books include Variorum: A Greek Translation Book and The Manuscript Tradition of Polybius. Kurt A. Raaflaub is David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History at Brown University.

Reviews

"This collection proves invaluable for both scholars and teaching purposes."—Marlene K. Sokolon European Legacy

Foreword to the 2010 Edition
Preface

PART I
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATHENIANS
Ascribed to Xenophon the Orator
  Introduction
  The Main Topics
  The Constitution of the Athenians
  Commentary
  Select Bibliography
THE POLITEIA OF THE SPARTANS
By Xenophon
  Glossary
  Introduction
  The Politeia of the Spartans
  Commentary
  Select Bibliography
THE BOEOTIAN CONSTITUTION
From the Oxyrhynchus Historian
  Introduction
  The Boeotian Constitution
  Commentary
  Select Bibliography
Appendix to Part I: Herodotus III,80-82

PART II
THE CONSTITUTION OF ATHENS
By Aristotle
  Glossary
  Introduction
  The Constitution of Athens
  Commentary
Appendix to Part II
  Select Bibliography

Index
MAPS
1. Ancient Greece pages
2. Boeotia and Attica pages
3. Messenia and Laconia pages