Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution

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ancient Greek treatise constitutional treatise historical document political work

Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution is an ancient Greek treatise that systematically outlines the political history and institutional structure of Athens, traditionally attributed to Aristotle or his school.

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Label	Occurrences
Aristotle’s Constitution of the Athenians	3
Athenian constitution	3
Aristotle's "Athenian Constitution"	1
Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians	1
Aristotle’s "Athenian Constitution"	1
Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution canonical	1
Aristotle’s constitutions of Greek city-states project	1
Athenian Constitution by Aristotle	1

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A. Aristotle's Politics
Aristotle's Politics is a foundational work of ancient Greek political philosophy that systematically examines the nature of the city-state, citizenship, constitutions, and the pursuit of the good life in political communities.
B. Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
C. Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia is an ancient Greek prose work by Xenophon that presents a partly fictionalized account of the education and rule of Cyrus the Great as a model of ideal leadership and governance.
D. De re publica
De re publica is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores the nature of the ideal state, justice, and political duty.
E. Plato's Republic
Plato's Republic is a foundational philosophical dialogue in which Plato explores justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality through Socratic conversations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution
Target entity description: Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution is an ancient Greek treatise that systematically outlines the political history and institutional structure of Athens, traditionally attributed to Aristotle or his school.

A. Aristotle's Politics
Aristotle's Politics is a foundational work of ancient Greek political philosophy that systematically examines the nature of the city-state, citizenship, constitutions, and the pursuit of the good life in political communities.
B. Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
C. Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia is an ancient Greek prose work by Xenophon that presents a partly fictionalized account of the education and rule of Cyrus the Great as a model of ideal leadership and governance.
D. De re publica
De re publica is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores the nature of the ideal state, justice, and political duty.
E. Plato's Republic
Plato's Republic is a foundational philosophical dialogue in which Plato explores justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality through Socratic conversations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek treatise ⓘ constitutional treatise ⓘ historical document ⓘ political work ⓘ
approximateDate	late 4th century BCE ⓘ
attributedTo	Aristotle ⓘ Peripatetic school ⓘ
author	Aristotle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
describes	Athenian council (Boule) ⓘ linked to: Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) Athenian law courts ⓘ Athenian popular assembly ⓘ linked to: Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) development of Athenian political institutions ⓘ magistracies of Athens ⓘ pay for public office in Athens ⓘ selection of officials in Athens ⓘ
discoveredIn	Egypt ⓘ
discoveryContext	papyrus manuscript ⓘ
focusesOn	Athenian democracy ⓘ Athenian legal system ⓘ Athenian oligarchy ⓘ
genre	constitutional history ⓘ political analysis ⓘ
hasPart	historical section ⓘ systematic description of institutions ⓘ
historicalSectionCovers	Peisistratid tyranny ⓘ early kings of Athens ⓘ fifth-century democracy ⓘ reforms of Cleisthenes ⓘ reforms of Draco ⓘ reforms of Solon ⓘ restoration of democracy after the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
institutionalSectionCovers	citizenship rules in Athens ⓘ judicial procedures ⓘ powers of magistrates ⓘ powers of the assembly ⓘ powers of the council ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject	Athenian constitution ⓘ linked to: Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution political history of Athens ⓘ political institutions of Athens ⓘ
numberInCorpus	one of 158 constitutions reportedly compiled ⓘ
partOf	Aristotle’s constitutions of Greek city-states project ⓘ linked to: Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution
philosophicalTradition	Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ linked to: Peripatetic school
rediscoveredIn	19th century CE ⓘ
relatedWork	Politics (Aristotle) ⓘ linked to: Aristotle's Politics
significance	key text for study of Athenian democracy ⓘ primary source for Athenian political history ⓘ
structure	two-part composition ⓘ
timeOfComposition	4th century BCE ⓘ
usedIn	ancient history scholarship ⓘ classical studies ⓘ political theory history ⓘ

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