Athenian Constitution — Aristotle

So long as the fortune of the war continued even the Athenians preserved the democracy but after the disaster in Sicily when the Lacedaemonians had gained the upper hand through their alliance with the king of Persia they were compelled to abolish the democracy and establish in its place the constitution of the Four Hundred The speech recommending this course before the vote was made by Melobius and the motion was proposed by Pythodorus of Anaphlystus but the real argument which persuaded the majority was the belief that the king of Persia was more likely to form an alliance with them if the constitution were on an oligarchical basis

Aristotle tarafından kaleme alınan Athenian Constitution Gece Kitaplığı eseri olarak okurlarla buluşuyor Athenian Constitution Aristotle Kitap Özeti So long as the fortune of the war continued even the Athenians preserved the democracy but after the disaster in Sicily when the Lacedaemonians had gained the upper hand through their alliance with the king of Persia they were compelled to abolish the democracy and establish in its place the constitution of the Four Hundred The speech recommending this course before the vote was made by Melobius and the motion was proposed by Pythodorus of Anaphlystus but the real argument which persuaded the majority was the belief that the king of Persia was more likely to form an alliance with them if the constitution were on an oligarchical basis Yayınevi Gece Kitaplığı Yazar Aristotle Sayfa 78 Sayfa Kağıt 2 Hamur Boyut 13 50x21 00 cm Basım Yılı Kasım 2021 Barkod 9786258032093 Kategori Araştıma İnceleme Referans

So long as the fortune of the war continued even the Athenians preserved the democracy but after the disaster in Sicily when the Lacedaemonians had gained the upper hand through their alliance with the king of Persia they were compelled to abolish the democracy and establish in its place the constitution of the Four Hundred The speech recommending this course before the vote was made by Melobius and the motion was proposed by Pythodorus of Anaphlystus but the real argument which persuaded the majority was the belief that the king of Persia was more likely to form an alliance with them if the constitution were on an oligarchical basis

So long as the fortune of the war continued even the Athenians preserved the democracy but after the disaster in Sicily when the Lacedaemonians had gained the upper hand through their alliance with the king of Persia they were compelled to abolish the democracy and establish in its place the constitution of the Four Hundred The speech recommending this course before the vote was made by Melobius and the motion was proposed by Pythodorus of Anaphlystus but the real argument which persuaded the majority was the belief that the king of Persia was more likely to form an alliance with them if the constitution were on an oligarchical basis