Solon
noun
c638–c558 b.c., Athenian statesman.
Solonian
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a word derived from
Solon.
Example Sentences
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On this hypothesis the Solonian Boulē was from the first what it certainly was later, a committee of the Ecclesia, i.e. not a “senate.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
To counteract, perhaps, the growing Lydian influence, Athens, the mother-city of Ephesus, despatched one of her noblest citizens, Aristarchus, to restore law on the basis of the Solonian constitution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
By the Solonian constitution, the whole political power was vested in the hands of the nobles; and Clisthenes soon found that it was hopeless to contend against his rival under the existing order of things.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
It was left to Cleisthenes to adopt the remaining remedy of giving substance to the form of the Solonian constitution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
The lot was a symptom of pronounced democratical spirit, such as we must not seek in the Solonian institutions.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
