Cleisthenes I
The Constitution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23403625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | De Ste Croix (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 129-177 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Athenian democratic origins (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199255177.003.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W2502346785 |
| ISBN | 9780199255177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay focuses on Cleisthenes, whose name has become permanently linked with the constitution under which Athens flourished for nearly 200 years. Modern writers have depicted Cleisthenes as a man who turns himself into a popular leader at a late stage, in order to achieve personal power. This picture derives ultimately from one source: Herodotus (V 66-72). Aristotle of course had other sources for his account of Cleisthenes' constitution, but his statement in Ath. Pol. 20.1 is viewed as a direct elaboration of Herodotus. The constitution of Cleisthenes is discussed.
Art · Constitution · Elaboration · Epistemology · Humanities · Literature · Physics · Political science · Power (physics) · Statement (logic) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |