This collection contains:
Aristotle'sThe Constitution of Athens
Xenophon'sThe Politeia of the Spartans
The Constitution of the Atheniansascribed to Xenophon the Orator
The Boeotian Constitutionfrom 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.
J. M. Moorewas a noted classics scholar, translator, and author whose books includeVariorum: A Greek Translation BookandThe Manuscript Tradition of Polybius.Kurt A. Raaflaubis David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History at Brown University.
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
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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
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Appendix to Part I: Herodotus III,80-82
PART II
THE CONSTITUTION OF ATHENS
By Aristotle
Glossary
Introduction
The Constitutiolã)
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