The 'old oligarch' : the Constitution of the Athenians attributed to Xenophon

Parallelsachtitel: Constitution of the Athenians
Weitere Verfasser: Xenophon, 427/26-c. 353 a.C
Marr, J. L.
Rhodes, P. J. (Peter John)
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Aris & Phillips ; Oxbow, 2008.
Ausgabe: New ed.
Umfang/Format: 178 p. ; 22 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Classical texts
ISBN: 0856687812
9780856687761
9780856687815
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The name 'Old Oligarch'
  • The title of the work
  • The date of the work
  • The authorship of the work
  • The author and his immediate audience
  • The author's argument: the self-interest theory
  • The two-fold class division: the demos versus the oligoi
  • Class designations and class labels |
  • Other stylistic features
  • Structure
  • The text
  • Dates assigned to the Constitution of the Athenians
  • Text and Translation: [characters not reproducible]/ The Constitution of the Athenians
  • The imagined criticisms answered in the work
  • Occurrences of the words demos / demotikoi / demokratia
  • Qualities and characteristics ascribed to the demos and the oligoi
  • Class designations and class labels
  • Characteristic vocabulary
  • Examples of verbal repetition
  • Generalisations