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The Athenian Constitution (Athenaion Politeia), trans. Frederic G. Kenyon

Aristotle (attributed) · The Internet Classics Archive (MIT) · 1891

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Type: Book
Author: Aristotle (attributed)
Accessed: 2026-09-01
Reliability notes: Ancient text of the 4th century BCE; the year is that of Kenyon's translation.

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EstablishedThe Athenian Constitution reports that Assembly pay was introduced because citizens stopped attending (one obol, then two, then three), and that in its day Assembly-goers received a drachma for ordinary meetings and nine obols for the sovereign meeting, jurors three obols and councillors five.EstablishedThe Athenian Constitution states that in the fifth century the tribute and taxes of the allies maintained more than 20,000 people, including 6,000 jurors and 500 members of the Council, linking the paid democracy to Athens' empire.