Solon was one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece and dominated Athenian politics for several decades, becoming the city's chief magistrate in the early years of the 6th century BC (594-3 BC).

Solon was one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece and dominated Athenian politics for several decades, becoming the city's chief magistrate in the early years of the 6th century BC (594-3 BC). Though ...

The ancient Greek lawgiver Draco introduced a new written legal system to Athens, but his code is remembered for its severity ...

especially in ancient Greece. Plutarch’s account is just one story. An alternative history claims that the Athenian lawmaker Solon founded Athens’ temple of Aphrodite Pandemos using the income ...

And nowhere was this clearer than in ancient Athens. The democratic constitution of classical Athens was laid down by three great lawgivers – Draco, Solon and Cleisthenes – but it began with ...

[AP photo The United States behaves as if it is a 21st Century ancient Athens ... like Solon, Cleisthenes, and Pericles who believed that forcing others to be like Athens, or discriminating ...