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Definitions of solon in various dictionaries:
noun - a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
A wise lawgiver.
A legislator.
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| This man, whose law code replaced Draco's, was called one of "The Seven Wise Men of Greece" |
| Aristotle called him the "Savior of his country and the ideal lawgiver" |
| Known as one of the "Seven Wise Men of Greece", he modified the severe laws of Draco into a new code |
| The name of this wise lawgiver of around 600 B.C. has come to mean any legislator |
| Plutarch drew a parallel between Poplicola & this famous lawgiver |
| This Greek lawmaker wrote about relieving citizens' debt, saying one "who was enslaved is now free" |
| This Athenian lawmaker revised most of Draco's 7th century B.C. code of justice |
| In 594 B.C. this Athenian statesman drew up a code of law |
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Solon (Greek: Sóln [só.ln]; c.638 c.558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy. He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda and in defence of his constitutional reforms. * Modern knowledge of Solon is limited by the fact that his works only survive in fragments and appear to feature interpolations by later authors and by the general paucity of documentary and archaeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC. Ancient authors such as Herodotus and Plutarch are the main source of information, yet they wrote about Solon long after his death, at a time when history was by no means an academic discipline. 4th-century orators, such as Aeschines, tended to attribute to Solon all the laws of their own, much later tim |
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