Two Misunderstood Statements in [Arist.] Ath. 32.3 and Their Bearing on the History of the Four Hundred
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angličtina
Original language name
Two Misunderstood Statements in [Arist.] Ath. 32.3 and Their Bearing on the History of the Four Hundred
Original language description
This article offers two contributions to better understanding of Aristotelian “Athenian Constitution” 32.3. First, it is argued that the first sentence of the chapter means that the Five Thousand were in fact chosen after the establishment of the Four Hundred, but without any practical consequences. This is compatible with what Thucydides and pseudo-Lysias say about the regime. Second, it is claimed that there is no body of magistrates referred to in either Thucydidean or Aristotelian description of the establishment of the Four Hundred which could confidently be identified with the “ten men with exceptional powers” mentioned in [Arist.] Ath. 32.3. This means that the surrounding narrative does not allude to anything stated in the two constitutions. It thus seems that the author inserted the two constitutions into a pre-existent narrative without realising the resulting contradiction.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Athenaeum
ISSN
0004-6574
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Volume of the periodical
105
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
717-723
UT code for WoS article
000419661500013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85040098006