Among the various laws of Solon, there are few which have attracted more notice than that which pronounces the man who in a sedition stood aloof, and
Solon’s Labor Laws
The general tone of Grecian sentiment recognized no occupations as perfectly worthy of a free citizen except arms, agriculture, and athletic and
Solon’s Laws In Total
The laws of Solon were inscribed on wooden rollers and triangular tablets . . . and preserved first in the Acropolis, subsequently in the
From Solon to Pericles
Athen's democracy progressed much after Solon. We shall see that the democracy of the ensuing century fulfilled the conditions of order, as well as of
Foundation of Athen’s Democracy
Aristotle tells us that Solon bestowed upon the people as much power as was indispensable, but no more: the power to elect their magistrates and hold
Solon’s Laws Compared to Later Laws
Such are the only new political institutions (apart from the laws to be noticed presently) which there are grounds for ascribing to Solon, when we
Darius Preps Invasion
Darius begins conquest; crosses to Europe. Persia’s overwhelming forces concentrated against Greece.Translated by Lord Macaulay -- our special
Athens Classes of People
Such were the divisions in the political scale established by Solon, called by Aristotle a "timocracy", in which the rights, honors, functions, and
Solon Turns to Constitutional Government
. . . he was now called upon to draw up a constitution and laws for the better working of the government in future. His constitutional changes were