Draco (legislator)
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Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece according to Athenian tradition and was active about 625 to 600 BC. He replaced the system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian consti
Engraved portrait, 1833
Sculpture of Draco (center) in the United States Supreme Court Building, standing between the "Light of Wisdom" (left) and Confucius
Ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece was an ancient civilization existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, comprising a loose collection of culturally and linguistica
Draco (legislator)
…Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece according to Athenian tradition and was active about 625 to 600 BC. He replaced the system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian constitution, a…
The Parthenon, a temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens.
Dipylon Vase of the late Geometric period, or the beginning of the Archaic period, c. 750 BC.
Early Athenian coin, depicting the head of Athena on the obverse and her owl on the reverse – 5th century BC
Bust of Pericles, a leading Athenian politician at the outbreak of the Peloponnesian war.