Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy [Paperback]

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.

This collection proves?invaluable for both scholars and teaching?purposes.