Ancestral Constitution

Ancestral Constitution Synopsis

Originally published in 1953. The return to the "e;ancestral constitution"e; was a major issue in Athenian politics in the period of the revolution of 411 and 404 B.C. This book examines the scope and import of the question of the "e;ancestral constitution"e;. Chapter 1 is a study of Kleitophon's Rider nd the tradition of Solon and Kleisthenes. Chapter 2 is a discussion of the concept of patrios politeia as employed by the Democrats. The use made of the "e;ancestral constitution"e; in 404-3 B.C is discussed in Chapter 3. The last chapter is a study of the mysterious "e;Constitution of Drakon"e;.