The Political Institutions of the Ancient Greeks
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, Plato 400 347 B. C. , and Aristotle about 330 B. C. : so that Herodotus is the oldest of the three writers and, if other circumstances were equal, ought to be preferred to the others. But in this case other circumstances are not equal : for Plato and Aristotle make their statements deliberately and emphatically : Herodotus does not, but throws in his list of institutions as a sort of parenthesis, while he is thinking about many other things, and paying less attention to his parenthetic remark.... These facts lead me to the opinion that Plato and Aristotle give us the true version of the oldest tradition and Herodotus does not : the opinion moreover is strengthened by the fact that Aristotle appeals to a story which must have been current long before his time and was probably older than the days of Herodotus ; and it is further supported by the negative evidence of the prjrpa, which in defining the Lycurgean constitution says not a word about Ephors.
It is impossible to determine what was the original character of the magistracy of the Ephors : we do not know what were their functions, how they were appointed or elected, nor for what term they held office : but, from the passages which have just been referred to, it is certain that Plato and Aristotle believed that the power acquired by the Ephors diminished the power of the kings and the elders.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, Plato 400 347 B. C. , and Aristotle about 330 B. C. : so that Herodotus is the oldest of the three writers and, if other circumstances were equal, ought to be preferred to the others. But in this case other circumstances are not equal : for Plato and Aristotle make their statements deliberately and emphatically : Herodotus does not, but throws in his list of institutions as a sort of parenthesis, while he is thinking about many other things, and paying less attention to his parenthetic remark.... These facts lead me to the opinion that Plato and Aristotle give us the true version of the oldest tradition and Herodotus does not : the opinion moreover is strengthened by the fact that Aristotle appeals to a story which must have been current long before his time and was probably older than the days of Herodotus ; and it is further supported by the negative evidence of the prjrpa, which in defining the Lycurgean constitution says not a word about Ephors.
It is impossible to determine what was the original character of the magistracy of the Ephors : we do not know what were their functions, how they were appointed or elected, nor for what term they held office : but, from the passages which have just been referred to, it is certain that Plato and Aristotle believed that the power acquired by the Ephors diminished the power of the kings and the elders.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Basil Edward Hammond to read onlineMoreLess
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