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To: Brumar89 who wrote (5302)	5/19/2010 6:12:33 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"our knowledge of Solon's legislation is therefore actually very limited in its details." That is correct. Much of that history is lost. That he was and is considered one of the seven wise men of history was not lost. That he fathered Democracy and respect for social classes was not lost and is not lost! "In his poems, Solon portrays Athens as being under threat from the unrestrained greed and arrogance of its citizens.[84] ..... Solon's reform of these injustices was later known and celebrated among Athenians as the Seisachtheia (shaking off of burdens" Yes, all the great founders of democracy consider Solon to be THE founder.