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Title: Solon an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and elegiac poet View count: 42 Rating: 0 (0 ratings) Description: Solon (ancient Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and elegiac poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy. Tags: solon, an, athenian, statesman, lawmaker, and, elegiac, poet, Author: tektamos |