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Solon

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So·lon  (sln, -ln) 638?-559? b.c.
Athenian lawgiver and poet. His reforms preserved a class system based on wealth but ended privilege by birth.
so·lon  (sln, -ln)
n.
1. A wise lawgiver.
2. A legislator.
[After Solon.]
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Noun1.Solonsolon - a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
national leader, statesman
elder statesman - an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
Founding Father - a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics
stateswoman - a woman statesman


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Theseus first, and after him Draco and Solon, instituted the government of Athens.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
And true riches seem to consist in these; and the acquisition of those possessions which are necessary for a happy life is not infinite; though Solon says otherwise in this verse:
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
This mythical tale, of which the subject was a history of the wars of the Athenians against the Island of Atlantis, is supposed to be founded upon an unfinished poem of Solon, to which it would have stood in the same relation as the writings of the logographers to the poems of Homer.
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