Solon (; BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet. He is remembered for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy. He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reform. Modern knowledge of Solon is limited by the fact that his works only survive in fragments and appear to feature interpolations by later authors and by the general paucity of documentary and archaeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC. Ancient authors such as Philo of Alexandria, Herodotus, and Plutarch are the main sources, but wrote about Solon long after his death. Fourth-century BC orators, such as Aeschines, tended to attribute to Solon all the laws of their own, much later times. Life Solon was born in Athens around 630 BC. His family was distinguished in Attica as they belonged
Solon (; BC) fue un estadista ateniense, legislador y poeta. Se recuerda por sus esfuerzos para legislar contra el declive político, económico y moral en Atenas arcaica. Sus reformas fracasaron en el corto plazo, sin embargo, a menudo se le atribuye haber puesto las bases para la democracia ateniense. Escribió poesía por placer, como propaganda patriótica, y en defensa de su reforma constitucional. El conocimiento moderno de Solon está limitado por el hecho de que sus obras solo sobreviven en fragmentos y parecen tener interpolaciones por autores posteriores y por la escasez general de documentos y evidencias arqueológicas que cubren Atenas en el inicio del siglo VI a.C. Autores antiguos como Filón de Alejandría, Herodes y Plutarco son las fuentes principales, pero escribió sobre Solon mucho después de su muerte. Cuarto siglo a.C. o autores, como Aeschines, tienden a atribuir a Solon las leyes de todos sus tiempos, mucho de su propio.