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thomrid's review against another edition
Finished this a while back but stopped using this app. Really interesting insight to the first great democracy
marialianou's review against another edition
4.0
Αλλά πραγματικά; Μπορούμε να βαθμολογήσουμε την Αρχαία Ελληνική Γραμματεία;
notwellread's review against another edition
3.0
I have found it interesting to be reading this in a time of such political turmoil (though not exactly a relief from all the stress). There were particular moments that resonated due to this (Solon trying and failing to please the poor by helping them without major social upheaval; refusing tyranny, yet later being ignored when he warns that Pisistratus wants to be a tyrant), but it also functions as a generally useful account of early political developments. Some parts were more of a surprise as well (Pisistratus’ purported public policy and generosity during his reign).
I would say (for public information!) that labelling this as ‘by Aristotle’ is a marketing ploy – luckily I already knew this and so was not disappointed, but the text is ‘attributed to Aristotle’ (and generally Aristotelian in style) but differs from the [b:Politics|19083|Politics|Aristotle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391135988s/19083.jpg|14746717] quite a bit and was probably written by one of A’s students.
Solon is the most intriguing figure to me (though this was also the part I had read and studied before), along with Cleisthenes; it was also enlightening to see how the whole timeline looked leading down to the 5th century-style democracy we associate most closely with Athens, even where some of the details are questionable (for which, thankfully, the Penguin notes provide plenty of help).
The text is dry and slow at times (this is to be expected, especially in the descriptions of government organisations towards the end!) but it’s certainly educationally valuable, which I think is what I needed right now (and probably one that a lot of politicians should be reading up on in these present circumstances).
I would say (for public information!) that labelling this as ‘by Aristotle’ is a marketing ploy – luckily I already knew this and so was not disappointed, but the text is ‘attributed to Aristotle’ (and generally Aristotelian in style) but differs from the [b:Politics|19083|Politics|Aristotle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391135988s/19083.jpg|14746717] quite a bit and was probably written by one of A’s students.
Solon is the most intriguing figure to me (though this was also the part I had read and studied before), along with Cleisthenes; it was also enlightening to see how the whole timeline looked leading down to the 5th century-style democracy we associate most closely with Athens, even where some of the details are questionable (for which, thankfully, the Penguin notes provide plenty of help).
The text is dry and slow at times (this is to be expected, especially in the descriptions of government organisations towards the end!) but it’s certainly educationally valuable, which I think is what I needed right now (and probably one that a lot of politicians should be reading up on in these present circumstances).
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