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2、ossforsomanycenturies,isaneventinlitera-ture;atthesametimeitsargument,largelyconcernedasitiswiththedevelopmentofdemocracyatAthens,providesmatterofpoliticalandpractical,ratherthanofacademic,interestfortheEnglishreaderoftoday.IhavethepleasureofacknowledginghereviIntroduction.thecourtesyoftheTrus
3、teesoftheBritishMuseuminallowingmetotranslatefromtheirText,aseditedbyMr.Kenyon,andmygreatobligationstohislabours;theyform,unquestionably,acontributionofthehighestvalue,particularlyonthesubject-matterofthebook,Itcanhardlybeexpectedthat,minorcorrectionsexcepted]anysubstantiveadditionofimportance
4、canbemadeforsometime;indeed,notuntilthe‘expertsofEuropehavehadtheoppor-tunityofseverallyrecordingtheirviews,bothastothetextanditsmatter.Thegapsandcorruptionsinthetext,how-everinterestingtothecriticandemendator,willnotlongdetaintheEnglishreaderorthestudent.Thehiatuseswouldseemtobefewandgenerall
5、yslight,whilesomeofthecorruptpassagesopenupawidefieldforthelearnedandingenious.InmytranslationIhavetakcnthctextwithitsLt1nicultic.sas1foundit,reproducingasncarlyasIcouldinEnglishwhatthcGreek,corruptasitmightbe,appearedtometocontain.Inoneortwocases,whcrcthetextisobviouslycorrupt,Ihavcperhapsuse
6、dalittlcfreedominmyendeavourtoextractsomethinglikcanintclligiblcmcaning.Ihavehadnohigherambitions.Therehasbeennoattemptordesireonmyparttoofferasolutionofdifficultieswhicharcnowbeingdealtwithbymorecompetenthands.Thefirstforty-onechapters,formingabouttwo-thirdsofthework,treatoftheConstitu-tion,i
7、tsdevelopmentandhistory.Theremainderofthebook,consistingoftwenty-twochapters,furnishesadetailedaccountoftheCouncil,withsomeinformationabouttheAssembly,anddescribestheprincipal...VI11Introduction.officesofstate,thernodcsofappointment,byl
