The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
This volume pairs two short Greek treatises on government, both transmitted among Xenophon's works and translated by H. G. Dakyns. The Polity of the Athenians, now usually attributed to an unknown author nicknamed the Old Oligarch, is a hostile but shrewd analysis of Athenian democracy, arguing that its apparent faults serve the interests of the common people who run it. The Polity of the Lacedaemonians, by Xenophon himself, describes with admiration the laws and institutions attributed to Lycurgus, which trained Spartan citizens from birth to old age: the education of boys, common meals, marriage customs, military organization and the role of the kings. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the opening pages free.
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