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Solon (c 658-558 BC) is famous as both statesman and poet but also, and above all, as the paramount lawmaker of ancient Athens. Though his works survive only in fragments, we know from the writings of Herodotus and Plutarch that his constitutional reforms against the venality, greed and political power-play of Attica's tyrants and noblemen were hugely influential-and may even be said to have laid the foundations of western democracy. Solon's legal injunctions covered the widest range of topics a

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Author

D. F. Leão, P. J. Rhodes

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780857739308

Category

law

Subjects

History, Law, European History

Updated

2026-03-25