The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Solon, Archon of Athens (638 BC - 558 BC)

Lawmaker of Athens who laid the foundation for its Golden Age of democracy. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-5987?rskey=yIWcPq&result=1` Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solon References in Documents:
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
No. 5 Head of Solon. ΣΟΛΩΝΟΣ ΣΟΦΟΥ Rev: A Temple and statue of minerva. ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΘΗΝΩΝ dw : gr 9 : 21 Casaubon