Solon of Athens

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkb:person
gptkb:poet
Athenian statesman
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Athens
gptkb:Salamis
gptkbp:birthDate c. 638 BC
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:burialPlace Salamis Island
gptkbp:deathDate c. 558 BC
gptkbp:era gptkb:Archaic_Greece
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:gender male
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 6th century BC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Solon of Athens
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Cleisthenes
gptkb:Athenian_democracy
Pericles
gptkbp:influencedBy Draco of Athens
gptkbp:knownFor reforms of Athenian law
abolition of debt slavery
foundation of democracy in Athens
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:legacy influenced Athenian democracy
influenced later Greek lawgivers
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Seven_Sages_of_Greece
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableEvent conflict with Megara over Salamis
exile after reforms
repeal of Draco's harsh laws
gptkbp:notableQuote Count no man happy until the end is known.
Nothing in excess.
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Solonian_Constitution
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:law
gptkb:poet
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Execestides
gptkbp:reformed Seisachtheia (shaking off of burdens)
cancellation of debts
introduction of new legal code
reorganization of social classes
timocratic system
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Ancient_Greek_religion
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Herodotus'_Histories
gptkb:Plutarch's_Lives
gptkbp:title gptkb:Archon_of_Athens
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:law
gptkb:poetry
political elegies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Life_of_Poplicola_(Roman)_and_Life_of_Solon_(Greek)
gptkb:Seven_Sages_of_Greece
gptkb:One_of_the_Seven_Sages_of_Greece
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7