people
The Athenians
the Athenians
The citizens of Athens; here the 'intemperately free' state that exiled Callistratus and condemned the funeral-profiteer.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §6.37.1 the Athenians
The citizens of Athens, whose factious freedom drove Callistratus and others into exile.
- On Leisure §4.1 Athenians
The people of Athens, here a type of the ordinary local state to which birth assigns a man, as against the universal commonwealth of gods and men.