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Solon

Solon (/ˈsoʊlən/; Ancient Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher (philosopher in an etymological sense), and poet. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece and is credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy. Solon's efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral…

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Born
c. 630 BC Athens
Died
c. 560 BC (aged approximately 70) Cyprus
Occupations
Statesman, lawmaker, poet

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related to Bibliography · 145
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related to Further reading · 47
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related to Collections of Solon's surviving verses · 45
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related to Collections of Solon's laws · 27
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related to Death and legacy · 21
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related to Defeat of Megara · 19
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related to Poems · 18
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related to External links · 17
Solon → Diogenes, Eminent Philosophers, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hicks, John Malcolm, Lives, Loeb Classical Library, Mitchell, Parallel Lives, Perseus Digital LibraryPlutarch, Robert Drew, Solon Laërtius, The Seven Sages, Translated, Two, Vol, Works
related to Early life and ancestry · 16
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related to Solon's reforms · 16
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solon's athens athenian reforms ancient bc according plutarch laws also economic account athenians later pisistratus greek however new one political

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SolonBornc. 630 BC Athens1.00infobox
SolonDiedc. 560 BC (aged approximately 70) Cyprus1.00infobox
SolonOccupationsStatesman, lawmaker, poet1.00infobox
Philo of Alexandriainstance ofIt is further limited by the general scarcity of documentary and archaeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.Ancient authors0.80text
Herodotusinstance ofIt is further limited by the general scarcity of documentary and archaeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.Ancient authors0.80text
and Plutarch are the main sourcesinstance ofIt is further limited by the general scarcity of documentary and archaeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.Ancient authors0.80text
but wrote about Solon long after his deathinstance ofIt is further limited by the general scarcity of documentary and archaeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.Ancient authors0.80text
Athens possessedinstance ofRegional factionalism was inevitable in a relatively large territory0.80text
those written by Plutarch himselfinstance ofFragments of the axones were still visible in Plutarch's time but today the only records we have of Solon's laws are fragmentary quotes and comments in literary sources0.80text
Plutarchinstance ofSolon's verses have come down to us in fragmentary quotations by ancient authors0.80text
Demosthenesinstance ofSolon's verses have come down to us in fragmentary quotations by ancient authors0.80text
who used them to illustrate their own argumentsinstance ofSolon's verses have come down to us in fragmentary quotations by ancient authors0.80text

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