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- ε653Ἐκ τιμημάτωνfrom income-ratings4 income-ratings were created at Athens by Solon: Pentakosiomedimnoi ['Five-Hundred-Bushel Men'], Hippeis, Zeugitai, Thetes.
- κ2499ΚροῖσοςCroesus, Kroisos… himself to be the richest and most fortunate man, summoned Solon the Athenian, a wise man, showed off his treasuries and his other riches to him and asked him, "Who, of all men, do …
- χ16Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλάexcellent things are difficult… were amazed, "It is difficult to be noble." [Also that] Solon, recognizing his weakness, said, "Excellent things are difficult." For this reason both sayings have become proverbial. "Excellent things are difficult": they say that …
- μ116Μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξrather the Phrygian… for they have a natural justice apart from law"; and Solon [said] "nobody -- until the day of his death". Aesop the Phrygian, the storyteller, was nearby and said "you [Croesus] surpass others as …
- α4119Ἄρχων Ἄρχοντεςarchon (and) archons… thesmothetes, archon [eponymous], king, polemarch. And before the laws of Solon they were not allowed to sit in judgment together; instead, the king sat by what was called the Herdsman's House [Boukoleion], which was …
- κ1719ΚλεόβουλοςKleoboulos, Cleobulus… best of all things". And he sent a message to Solon as follows: "many men are [your] companions and [you have] a home anywhere; but I say that Lindos is the most noble place …
- χ478Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρmoney money (is the) man… Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mitylene, Solon of Athens, Chilon of Sparta and Periander of Corinth. See generally OCD(4) s.v. [2] This proverb first appears in Demosthenes, Exordia 48.2.2 (web …
- χ560Χρυσῆ εἰκώνgolden image… Plato, Phaedrus 235D-E; ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 and 55.5; Plutarch, Solon 25.3. [1] i.e. the nine chief "magistrates" (office-holders) each year. [2] Delphi. [3] The text of this clause, transmitted with the negative mh/, …
- ε2471ἘπιμενίδηςEpimenides… in prose, certain mystery-writings and spells and other riddling works. Solon the lawgiver wrote against him criticizing the purification of the city. This man lived for 150 years, but for 90 [of them] he …