594 bce

Was Solon A Tyrant? Solon (c. 650-561): Athenian statesman, poet, and lawgiver, one of the Seven sages. One would have expected the rise of tyrant, but instead the Athenians appointed a wise man named Solon as lawgiver (594/593). … Was Solon a good leader? In the years to follow his death, Solon was remembered as