[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Solon the Lawgiver

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Solon the Lawgiver By the early 6th century B.C. social tensions in Athens had become acute, pitting the poorer citizens against rich and powerful landowners. Many citizens were reduced to the status of ... Solon the Lawgiver By the early 6th century B.C. social tensions in Athens had become acute, pitting the poorer citizens against rich and powerful landowners. ... To resolve the crisis the Athenians appointed Solon as archon (magistrate) to serve as mediator and lawgiver. ... (Plutarch, Life of Solon 18.4) Solon's new constitution was based on ownership of property.

[Agora Publication] Milne (1945): The Economic Policy of Solon

Milne, J. G ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 14.3 3 230-245 10.2307_146709 ... 1945 ... The Economic Policy of Solon

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 179, p. 169

Pausanias, IX, 32, 8. Pausanias, I, 24, 4. Porphyry, De Abstinentia, II, 29ff. Pliny, XXXIV, 79. Plutarch, Aristeides, 27. Judeich, p. 63. Judeich, p. 296. Plutarch, Solon, 19, 3. L. B. Holland, A.J.A., ... Agora 3 169 ... 1st-2nd A.D ... Plutarch, Solon, 19, 3 ... Plutarch, Solon, 25, 1

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 33, p. 23

Ath. Pol. 55, 5. Plutarch, Solon, 25, 2. Harpokration, απεσχοινισμένος. Pollux, VIII, 123. Demosthenes, LIV (Konon), 26. Eustathius, on Odyssey, I, 395. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia, VI, 1937, p. 74. Schol ... Agora 3 23 ... 12th A.D ... Plutarch, Solon, 25, 2

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 101, p. 91

Plutarch, Solon, 10, 2. Herodotos, V, 66. I.G. II (2), 1011. Pollux, VII, 132-133. I.G. II (2), 1008. Hesperia, XXIV, 1955, pp. 220-239. I.G. II (2), 1008, lines 22-23. Hesperia, XXIV, 1955, p. 223. Hypothesis ... Agora 3 91 I 3244 I 286 ... 1st-2nd A.D ... Plutarch, Solon, 10, 2

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 267, p. 257

Quails. Simon, horseman. Simonides. Records. Sitesis. Sitonai honored. Rein makers. Sitophylakes. Rhea. Skenai. Rhodians. Skenites. Rings. Skiadeia. Roman generals. Skias. Roman Market. Skiron. Rome. Skyros ... Agora 3 257 ... Solon ... Solon, laws of

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 52, p. 27

Hignett, Athenian Constitution, pp. 92-96, 393. N.G.L. Hammond, History of Greece², Oxford, 1967, p. 161. A.G. Woodhead, Historia, XVI, 1967, p. 135. V. Ehrenberg, From Solon to Socrates, London, 1968, ... Agora 14 27 ... Ehrenberg, From Solon to Socrates, London, 1968, p. 66

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 226, p. 216

Seleukos. Kock, C.A.F., II, p. 372, Alexis 204. Kock, C.A.F., II, p. 490, Philemon 47. Kock, C.A.F., II, p. 88, Antiphanes 187. Hesperia, XXIII, 1954, p. 314. Socrates. Diogenes Laertius, II, v. 43. Themistokles ... Agora 3 216 ... 2nd A.D ... Solon

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 175, p. 165

Timaios Sophistes, Lexicon Platonicum under εξοστρακισμός. Etym. Magnum, s.v. εξοστρακισμός. Poleterion. [Demosthenes], XXV (Aristogeiton I), 57. Ath. Pol., 47, 2-5 (cf. 7, 3; 52, 1). Plutarch, Alkibiades, ... Agora 3 165 ... 4th A.D ... Plutarch, Solon, 8, 2

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 27, p. 2

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Before Solon; Neolithic Period. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; ... Agora 14 2 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Before Solon; Neolithic Period ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Before Solon; Bronze Age

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 73, p. 48

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Assemply. Pnyx Hill. Thucydides, VIII, 72. Demosthenes, ... Agora 14 48 ... Solon, 8, 2 ... Plutarch, Solon, 30

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 34, p. 9

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Before Solon; Submycenaean Period. Dipylon. G. Karo, An Attic Cemetery, Excavations in the Kerameikos ... Agora 14 9 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Before Solon; Submycenaean Period

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

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The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... Referring to the poorest citizens, Plutarch explains the significance of their participation in the courts from the time of Solon on as follows: All the rest were called Thetes; they were not allowed to hold any office but took part in the administration only as members of the Assembly and as jurors. ... For even in cases which Solon assigned to the magistrates for decision, he allowed also an appeal to a popular court when anyone desired it. ... (Life of Solon 18.2) The lawcourts of Athens were scattered all over the city, but few have actually been excavated.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 26, p. 1

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Before Solon. Phaleron. Acropolis. Ilissos River. Thucydides, II, 15, 3. Eleusis. Harbor of Piraeus ... Agora 14 1 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Before Solon

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 66, p. 41

Aristophanes, Peace, 1183. Aristophanes, Knights, 979. Andokides, I, 83. Demosthenes, XXI, 103. Demosthenes, XXIV, 23. Solon, XX, 94. Aischines, III, 38f. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; ... Agora 14 41 I 3625 ... Solon, XX, 94

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 233, p. 223

Theophylaktos, Epist., XII. [Demosthenes], LIX (Neaira), 67. Lysias, X (Theomnestos), 19. Plutarch, Solon, 23. Lucian, Dialogi Meretricii, 4, 2; 10, 4. Isaios, VI. Philoktemon, 20. Page, Greek Literary ... Agora 3 223 I 5770 ... Plutarch, Solon, 23

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 72, p. 47

Pausanias, I, 18, 3. Varia Historia, IX, 39. Agora, 003, no. 567, p. 172. I.G., II², 77. M. Ostwald, A.J.P., LXXII, 1951, pp. 24-46. H. Bloch, LXXIV, 1953, pp. 407ff. J.H. Oliver, LXXV, 1954, pp. 169-174 ... Agora 14 47 ... Plutarch, Solon, 25, 1 ... Plutarch, Solon, 19, 3

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 98, p. 73

Aischines, II, 85. Hesperia, 17, 1948, pp. 167-169. Hesperia, 23, 1954, pp. 294-296. Hesperia, 24, 1955, pp. 54-55. Agora, 003, pp. 174-177. Hesperia, 30, 1961, p. 268, no. 95. Guide², pp. 113-114. Hesperia, ... Agora 14 73 I 6664 I 147 I 3988 ... Plutarch, Solon, 30, 5

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 159, p. 149

Dow, Prytaneis, pp. 198ff. H.S.C.P., L, 1939, pp. 1ff. Hesperia, XIX, 1950, p. 336. Pollux, X, 61. Bekker, Anecdota Graeca, I, 47, 13. Desmoterion. Judeich, p. 357. Plato, Phaedo, 59d. Demosthenes, XXIV ... Agora 3 149 ... Plutarch, Solon, 15, 3

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 35, p. 10

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[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: State Religion

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State Religion: The Archon Basileus There was no attempt in Classical Athens to separate church and state. Altars and shrines were intermingled with the public areas and buildings of the city. A single ... In addition, several ancient texts refer to the great unworked stone (lithos) found in place in front of the building (19.3), which was used by the king archon when, as chief of the religious magistrates, he administered their oath of office: "They took the oath near the Royal Stoa, on the stone on which were the parts of the (sacrificial) victims, swearing that they would guard the laws" (Pollux 8.86) and "the Council took a joint oath to ratify the laws of Solon, and each of the thesmothetes swore separately at the stone in the Agord' (Plutarch, Life of Solon 25.2).

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 266, p. 241

Plato, Kritias, 112b, 117b. Plato, Laws, 761c. Plato, Protagoras, 314c, 315e. Plato, Theaetetos, 210d. Pollux, IX, 47-48. Ps. Plato, Eryxias, 392a. Polyainos, I, 21. Ps. Plato, Theages, 191a. Polybios, ... Agora 14 241 ... Plutarch, Solon, 8, 2; 19, 3; 23, 5; 25, 1; 30, 5

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 279, p. 254

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Romulus. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Skyros. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 254 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Solon ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Solon; Agora of Solon ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Solon; Laws of Solon

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 12, p. xi

Table of Contents. Table of Contents; Preface. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Plates. Table of Contents; ... Agora 14 xi ... Table of Contents; Before Solon

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 10, s. 11, p. xi

The Athenian Agora; Volume 10; Weights Measures and Tokens; Part I; Weights and Measures by Mabel Lang; Abbreviations and Bibliography. Bellinger, A.r., The Chronology of the Attic New Style Tetradrachms, ... Agora 10 xi ... Milne, J.G., The Monetary Reform of Solon, J.H.S., L., 1930, pp. 179-185

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 17, p. xvii

Prichett, W.K. 1942. Greek Inscriptions, Hesperia 11, pp. 230-249. Prichett, W.K. 1946. Greek Inscriptions, Hesperia 13, pp. 138-165. Prichett, W.K. 1953. The Attic Stelai, Hesperia 22, pp. 225-311. Prichett, ... Agora 31 xvii ... Tyrants and Buildings in Archaic Athens in Athens Comes of Age: From Solon to Salamis, pp. 1-19

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 269, p. 244

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Archons; Polemarchos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Autolykos; Pancratiast ... Agora 14 244 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Bouleuterion; Laws of Solon in Bouluterion

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 278, p. 253

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Pnyx. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Praxiteles. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 253 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Prytaneion; Laws of Solon in Prytaneion