Solon: The Lawmaker of AthensThis biography of the Athenian leader describes the way in which Solon s laws laid the foundation for the world s earliest democratic state. Solon understood that political power had to be held in check, and that where there was economic inequality there could be no political equality. |
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Acropolis adult male Athenians advice Ancient Greece Areopagus aristocrats Athenians believed athlete Attica attributed to Solon became hektemoroi believed that Solon Cleisthenes coins Constitution of Athens court Croesus Delphi Ekklesia elected archon enemies enslaved Euboic standard eunomia exile facing Athens families farms Father of Democracy fight gave gods grain Greeks believed Heliaia hippeis Hippias historians horoi horos Krisa Kylon land later League lived loan magistracies magistrate medimnoi Mediterranean Megakles Megara merchants Miletus newly rich nomoi of Drakon Olympic Games oracle owner paid one-sixth peasant farmers Peisistratos pentakosiomedimnoi Plutarch poetry poleis polemarch polis political rights political system popular problem produce rule of law Salamis sanctuary seems that Solon seisachtheia Seven Sages seventh century BC sixth-century BC slavery sold Solon changed Solon was archon Solon was elected Solon wrote Solon's classes Solon's poems Solon's reforms someone story temple Thales of Miletus thetes tyrant unhappy wealth Werner Forman zeugitae Zeus