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The Constitution of the Athenians (Athenaion Politeia) names either of two texts from classical antiquity, one probably by Aristotle or a student, the other falsely attributed to Xenophon. The Aristotelian text is unique. It isn't part of the Corpus Aristotelicum. It was lost until two leaves of a papyrus codex carrying part of the text were discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt in 1879 & published in 1880. A 2nd papyrus was purchased in Egypt by a US missionary in 1890 & acquired by the British Museum later that year. The 1st edition by Frederic G. Kenyon was published in 1/1891.