The Old Oligarch
Pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians

A new English translation of The Old Oligarch: Pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians to support ancient history students.

Robin Osborne (Edited and translated by)

9781009383592, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 August 2023

40 pages
24.4 x 17 x 0.3 cm, 0.09 kg

This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features a new English translation of The Old Oligarch: Pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians, a key text for the study of Classical Greek history, with accompanying notes and a thorough, contextualising Introduction. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers.

1. Introduction
2. Bibliography
3. The terminology used to refer to oligarchs and democrats
4. A note on the translation
5. The Constitution of the Athenians: translation and commentary.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]