Solon
Statesman
Solon was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaic Athens. Wikipedia
Born: Athens, Greece
Died: 558 BC, Athens, Greece
Parents: Execestides
Siblings: Dropidas
Draco
Legislator
Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Wikipedia
Died: 600 BC, Aegina, Greece
Residence: Athens, Greece, Ancient GreeceCleisthenes
Political figure
Cleisthenes was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC. Wikipedia
Died: Athens, Greece
Parents: Megacles II, AgaristeThe helots (/ˈhɛləts, ˈhiːləts/; Ancient Greek: εἵλωτες, heílotes) were a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia (areas ruled by Sparta). ol·i·gar·chy
ˈäləˌɡärkē/ olegarchy noun a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
"the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president" a country governed by an oligarchy.
"the English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century" government by oligarchy.
Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos "excellent," and κράτος kratos "power") is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class. The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning "rule of the best".An ostracon (Greek: ὄστρακον ostrakon, plural ὄστρακα ostraka) is a piece of pottery (or stone), usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In archaeology, ostraca may contain scratched-in words or other forms of writing which may give clues as to the time when the piece was