The Athenian Constitution (Athenaion Politeia), attributed to Aristotle or his school and rediscovered on papyrus in Egypt in 1891, is one of the most important primary sources for ancient Greek history. Its two parts present the constitutional history of Athens from its early kings through the reforms of Cleisthenes, Ephialtes, and Pericles, and a detailed description of Athenian democratic institutions as they existed in the late fourth century BC.
This free EPUB is cleanly formatted for e-readers. The work’s late discovery means it still generates scholarly debate about authorship and sources, but its value as a direct account of Athenian constitutional development is unquestioned.