Solon
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Solon was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece and is credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy. Solon's
Bust of Solon, copy from a Greek original (c. 110 BC) from the Farnese Collection, now at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Bust of Solon in Vatican Museums
"Solon demands to pledge respect for his laws", book illustration (Augsburg 1832)
Croesus awaits fiery execution (Attic red-figure amphora, 500–490 BC, Louvre G 197)
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
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…large wooden slabs or cylinders attached to a series of axles that stood upright in the Prytaneion. Originally the axones recorded laws enacted by Draco in the late 7th century (traditionally 621 BC). Nothing of Draco's codification has survived except for a law relating to homicide, yet there is consensus…
Engraved portrait, 1833
Sculpture of Draco (center) in the United States Supreme Court Building, standing between the "Light of Wisdom" (left) and Confucius