Constitution of a Athenians (Aristotle)

The Constitution of the Athenians, also called a Athenian Constitution Greek: Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία, Athenaion Politeia; Latin: Atheniensium Respublica, is a gain by Aristotle or one of his students. The earn describes the constitution of Athens. it is preserved on a papyrus roll from Hermopolis, published in 1891 and now in the British Library. A small factor of the work also survives on two leaves of a papyrus codex, discovered in the Fayum in 1879 and now in the papyrus collection of the Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin.

Composition date

In chapter 54, Aristotle relates that the Festival of Samos. After 322 BC, Samos was no longer under Athenian control. Based on this internal evidence, scholars conclude that the Athenian Constitution was solution no earlier than 328 BC and no later than 322 BC. Furthermore, that Aristotle does not reference quinqueremes despite mentioning triremes and quadriremes suggests that it was or done as a reaction to a question no later than 325 BC, when quinqueremes are first recorded in the Athenian Navy.