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Notes On the Rule of the Ten At Athens in 403 B.C. 1)

Notes On the Rule of the Ten At Athens in 403 B.C. 1) NOTES ON THE RULE OF THE TEN AT ATHENS IN 403 B.C. 1) BY ALEXANDER FUKS In this paper I submit that there was only one government of Ten after the fall of the Thirty and before the δταλσετ ; that the political colour of the Ten was moderate; that some sources seem to make probable the supposition that the basis of the constitutional framework was during their rule not unlike that of the Theramenean πΟλτεα of 411/410; that this moderate government tried, following its establishment, to come to terms with the democratic exiles. As the question of "one or two Tens" has been repeatedly discussed since the discovery of Aristotle's we may restrict ourselves to the main points at issue 2). The statement of Aristotle that there were two commissions of Ten (Ath. 38, 3-4) is completely isolated. It is not only opposed to Xenophon's narrative and to other contemporary and later sources 3), but also seems to be contradicted in the Ae1t. itself. In chapter 39 Aristotle quotes the agreement concluded between "Athens" and "Piraeus" under the auspices of the Spartan commission. There the Ten are mentioned simply as oi 8ÉxtX with no distinction between the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Notes On the Rule of the Ten At Athens in 403 B.C. 1)

Fuks, Alexander
Mnemosyne , Volume 6 (1): 198 – Jan 1, 1953
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© 1953 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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NOTES ON THE RULE OF THE TEN AT ATHENS IN 403 B.C. 1) BY ALEXANDER FUKS In this paper I submit that there was only one government of Ten after the fall of the Thirty and before the δταλσετ ; that the political colour of the Ten was moderate; that some sources seem to make probable the supposition that the basis of the constitutional framework was during their rule not unlike that of the Theramenean πΟλτεα of 411/410; that this moderate government tried, following its establishment, to come to terms with the democratic exiles. As the question of "one or two Tens" has been repeatedly discussed since the discovery of Aristotle's we may restrict ourselves to the main points at issue 2). The statement of Aristotle that there were two commissions of Ten (Ath. 38, 3-4) is completely isolated. It is not only opposed to Xenophon's narrative and to other contemporary and later sources 3), but also seems to be contradicted in the Ae1t. itself. In chapter 39 Aristotle quotes the agreement concluded between "Athens" and "Piraeus" under the auspices of the Spartan commission. There the Ten are mentioned simply as oi 8ÉxtX with no distinction between the

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Published: Jan 1, 1953

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