Between the eupatrid oligarchy and the rule of Peisistratus there comes the timocracy of Solon. |
Solon was the founder of democracy in ancient Greece. |
In his role as archon, Solon cancelled all agricultural debts and announced that all slaves were free. |
After enacting his laws, Solon bought a vessel and went away for ten years. |
In Egypt, Solon would have met a priest who would have revealed the existence to him, 9000 years earlier, of an island: Atlantis. |
Solon is an unpleasant little cantonment, but it has the advantage of being cool and healthy. |