Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


«Politics»

Aristotle and History of Sparta: Some Problems of Chronology

The article deals with the Aristotle’s forms of presentation and chronological correlation techniques of some historical facts and processes related to Spartan history in his «Politics». Thorough analyzing of certain passages of the «Politics» does demonstrates that Aristotle was quite knowledgeable of Spartan history and this competence enabled him to work out the original and logically elaborated conception of the Spartan historical evolution beginning from the early times up to his own days.