Solon meaning

sōlən, -lŏn
A wise lawgiver.
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A legislator.
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Athenian lawgiver and poet. His reforms preserved a class system based on wealth but ended privilege by birth.
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A lawmaker or legislator, esp. a wise one.
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(person) 640?-559? b.c.; Athenian statesman & lawgiver: framed the democratic laws of Athens.
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An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).
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A city in Iowa.
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A town in Maine.
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A town in New York.
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A city in Ohio.
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A wise legislator or lawgiver.
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Origin of solon

  • After Solon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek Σόλων (Solon), Athenian statesman.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Ancient Greek Σόλων (Solōn).

    From Wiktionary

Solon Sentence Examples

  • The Alcmaeonids fled and Peisistratus remained in power for about five years, during which Solon's death occurred.

  • The form of the monument corresponds to that which we are told was given to the revolving wooden pillars on which the laws of Solon were painted.

  • From this widely accepted belief arose the almost certainly false statement that Peisistratus took part in Solon's successful war against Megara, which necessarily took place before Solon's archonship (probably in 600 B.C.).

  • So the talent of the 80-grain system was sexagesimally divided for the mina which was afterwards adopted by Solon.

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