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Solon (Greek: Σόλων, pronounced sŏ'lōn, ca. 638 BC–558 BC) was a famous lawgiver of Athens and lyric poet, renowned as one of the Seven Sages of Greece. One of his greatest acts was to repeal many of the harsh laws enacted under Draco (whence the modern adjective draconian) and re-write the constitution of Athens...
