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Solon (ancient Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC–558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, an Lyric poet, renowned as a founding father of the Athenian polis. The travel writer, Pausanias, listed Solon among the Seven Sages of the ancient world. Solon has acquired a place in history and in folklore through his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. Some of his reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy.

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  • In 594 B.C. this Athenian statesman drew up a code of law
  • Known as one of the "Seven Wise Men of Greece", he modified the severe laws of Draco into a new code
  • Plutarch drew a parallel between Poplicola & this famous lawgiver
  • This Athenian lawmaker revised most of Draco's 7th century B.C. code of justice
  • Aristotle called him the "Savior of his country and the ideal lawgiver"
  • This Greek lawmaker wrote about relieving citizens' debt, saying one "who was enslaved is now free"
  • The name of this wise lawgiver of around 600 B.C. has come to mean any legislator
  • This man, whose law code replaced Draco's, was called one of "The Seven Wise Men of Greece"

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