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Athenian Constitution
By Aristotle
Edited by: Kenyon

Oxford 1920



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ξη. φραγμεντς

φραγμεντς

ἐκ τῶν Ἡρακλείδου περὶ Πολιτειῶν.

Ἀθηναῖοι τὸ μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐχρῶντο βασιλείᾳ. συνοικησάντος δὲ Ἴωνος αὐτοῖς τότε πρῶτον Ἴωνες ἐκλήθησαν.

ηαρποξρατιον ς.f. Ἀπόλλων πατρῷος.

<tou/tou ga\r oi)kh/santos th\n *)attikh/n, w(s *)aristote/lhs fhsi/, tou\s *)aqhnai/ous *)/iwnas klhqh=nai, kai\ *)apo/llwna *patrw=|on au)toi=s o)nomasqh=nai.>


Schol. Aristoph. Birds 1537

<patrw=|on de\ timw=sin *)apo/llwna *)aqhnai=oi, e)pei\ *)/iwn o( pole/marxos *)aqhnai/wn e)c *)apo/llwnos kai\ *kreou/shs th=s *cou/qou e)ge/neto.>



e)k tw=n *(hraklei/dou peri\ *politeiw=n.

*pandi/wn de\ basileu/sas meta\ *)erexqe/a die/neime th\n a)rxh\n toi=s ui(oi=s

Schol. Aristoph. Wasps 1223

<*ai)gei= me\n dou\s th\n peri\ to\ a)/stu xw/ran, *lu/kw| de\ th\n diadri\an, *pa/llanti de\ th\n parali/an, *ni/sw| de\ th\n *megari/da.>



e)k tw=n *(hraklei/dou peri\ *politeiw=n.

kai\ diete/loun ou(=toi stasi/azontes: *qhseu\s de\ e)kh/ruce kai\ sunebi/base tou/tous e)p' i)/sh| kai\ o(moi/a|.

Plut. Thes 25

<e)ka/lei pa/ntas e)pi\ toi=s i)/sois kai\ to\ deu=r' i)/te, pa/ntes lew/| kh/rugma *qhse/ws gene/sqai fasi\ pandhmi/an tina\ kaqista/ntos.>



Plut. Thes. 25

<o(/ti de\ prw=tos a)pe/kline pro\s to\n o)/xlon, w(s *)aristote/lhs fhsi/n, kai\ a)fh=ke to\ monarxei=n, e)/oike marturei=n kai\ *(/omhros e)n new=n katalo/gw| mo/nous *)aqhnai/ous dh=mon prosagoreu/sas.>



Lexicon Patm. p. 152 Sakkel.

<w(s i(storei= e)n th=| *)aqhnai/wn politei/a| *)aristote/lhs le/gwn ou(/tws. fula\s de\ au)tw=n sunnenemh=sqai d, a)pomimhsame/nwn ta\s e)n toi=s e)niautoi=s w(/ras, e(ka/sthn de\ dih|rh=sqai ei)s tri/a me/rh tw=n fulw=n, o(/pws gi/nhtai ta\ pa/nta dw/deka me/rh, kaqa/per oi( mh=nes ei)s to\n e)niauto/n, kalei=sqai de\ au)ta\ trittu=s kai\ fratri/as: ei)s de\ th\n fratri/an tria/konta ge/nh diakekosmh=sqai, kaqa/per ai( h(me/rai ei)s to\n mh=na, to\ de\ ge/nos ei)=nai tria/konta a)ndrw=n.>



e)k tw=n *(hraklei/dou peri\ *politeiw=n.

ou(=tos e)lqw\n ei)s *sku=ron

e)teleu/thsen w)sqei\s kata\ petrw=n u(po\ *lukomh/dous, fobhqe/ntos mh\ sfeteri/zhtai th\n nh=son. *)aqhnai=oi de\ u(/steron meta\ ta\ *mhdika\ meteko/misan au)tou= ta\ o)sta=.

Schol. Vatic. ad Eur. Hipp. 11.

<*)aristote/lhs i(storei= o(/ti e)lqw\n *qhseu\s ei)s *sku=ron e)pi\ kataskoph\n ei)ko/tws dia\ th\n *ai)ge/ws sugge/neian . . .>


Schol. Vatic. ad Eur. Hipp. 11.

<*aqhnai=oi meta\ ta\ *mhdika\ kata\ mantei/an a)nelo/ntes au)tou= ta\ o)sta= e)/qayan.>



e)k tw=n *(hraklei/dou peri\ *politeiw=n.

a)po\ de\ *kodridw=n ou)/keti basilei=s h(|rou=nto, dia\ to\ dokei=n trufa=n kai\ malakou\s gegone/nai. *(ippome/nhs de\ ei(=s tw=n *kodridw=n boulo/menos a)pw/sasqai th\n diabolh/n, labw\n e)pi\ th=| qugatri\ *leimw/nh| moixo/n, e)kei=non me\n a)nei=len u(pozeu/cas meta\ th=s qugatro\s tw=| a(/rmati, th\n de\ i(/ppw| sune/kleisen e(/ws a)pw/leto.


e)k tw=n *(hraklei/dou peri\ *politeiw=n.

tou\s meta\ *ku/lwnos dia\ th\n turanni/da e)pi\ to\n bwmo\n th=s qeou= pefeugo/tas oi( peri\ *megakle/a a)pe/kteinan. kai\ tou\s dra/santas w(s e)nagei=s h)/launon.