Solon: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Twenty-first-century approaches to Solon can be found in Elizabeth Irwin, Solon and Early Greek Poetry: The Politics of Exhortation (2005); Josine Blok and A.P.M.H. Lardinois (eds.), Solon of Athens: New Historical and Philological Approaches (2006); John Lewis, Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens (2006); Maria Noussia Fantuzzi, Solon the Athenian: The Poetic Fragments (2010); and Ron Owens, Solon of Athens: Poet, Philosopher, Soldier, Statesman (2010).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Heritage History - Solon. | May 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - In Our Time - Solon the Lawgiver. | Dec 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Solon in Tragedy, in Solon in the Making: The Early Reception in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries, eds. G. Nagy & M. Noussia-Fantuzzi, (Berlin-New York, De Gruyter 2015), 43-65. (PDF). | Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Romana - The Life of Solon. | Oct 07, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: In2Greece - Biography of Solon. | Mar 31, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Solon: The Father of Western Law. | Jan 03, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Biography of Solon. | Feb 02, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Solon. | Jun 24, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography thoroughly revised. | May 04, 2015 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 04, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: HyperHistory - Biography of Solon. | May 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Solon. | May 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Livius - Biography of Solon. | May 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Solon. | May 03, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 15, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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