Solon of Athens

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Athenian statesman ancient Greek person archon of Athens lawmaker poet reformer

Solon of Athens was a renowned Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet whose reforms laid key foundations for Athenian democracy.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Solon	2
Solonian reforms	1
reforms of Solon in Athens	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian statesman ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ archon of Athens ⓘ lawmaker ⓘ poet ⓘ reformer ⓘ
aimedTo	reconcile rich and poor in Athens ⓘ
citizenship	Athens ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
dateOfBirth	circa 640 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath	circa 560 BC ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork	law ⓘ poetry ⓘ politics ⓘ
floruit	early 6th century BC ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	elegiac poetry ⓘ gnomic poetry ⓘ political poetry ⓘ
hasReputation	moderate reformer ⓘ wise lawgiver ⓘ
implementedReform	Seisachtheia cancellation of debts ⓘ abolition of debt slavery for Athenian citizens ⓘ codification of Athenian laws ⓘ creation of Council of Four Hundred ⓘ opening political participation to broader citizen body ⓘ reform of Athenian class system based on wealth ⓘ
influenced	development of Athenian democracy ⓘ later Greek political thought ⓘ
influencedBy	Homeric epics ⓘ surface form: Homeric tradition
knownFor	Seisachtheia debt relief measures ⓘ Solonian Constitution ⓘ laying foundations of Athenian democracy ⓘ poetry ⓘ political reforms in Athens ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalCode	Solonian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Solonian laws
memberOf	Athenian aristocracy ⓘ
name	Solon of Athens self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Solon
occupation	lawgiver ⓘ poet ⓘ statesman ⓘ
partOf	Seven Sages of Greece ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Athens ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Cyrus (Cyprus) ⓘ
positionHeld	Athenian magistrates ⓘ surface form: archon of Athens lawmaker of Athens ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
replaced	Draco as principal lawgiver of Athens ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athenian democracy → associatedWith → Solon of Athens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solon

Archaic Greece → hasCharacteristic → Solon of Athens ⓘ

this entity surface form: reforms of Solon in Athens

Athenian democracy → hasReform → Solon of Athens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solonian reforms

Solon of Athens → name → Solon of Athens self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solon

First Sacred War → notableCommander → Solon of Athens ⓘ