Solon
Ancient Greek legislator
Solon was an Athenian statesman and lawmaker of the 6th century BCE, credited with reforms that laid groundwork for democracy.
His name became a byword for a wise lawgiver, and in American English, solon (often lowercase) is a slightly ironic or journalistic term for any legislator: The solons on Capitol Hill debated the budget.
One who establishes rules
- AthensGreece's capital city
- archonGreek city-state magistrate
- reformsCorrective institutional changes
- statesmanRespected political leader
Greek · legislator · constitution · democracy · tyrant · Draco · Pericles · debt
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
- wiseShowing good judgment
- proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
- maximBrief moral principle
counsel · prudence · moderation · oracle · Delphi · know thyself · nothing in excess · insight
House of Representatives member
- representativeOne who acts for another
- senatorUpper chamber member
- politicianElected government official
- CapitolLegislative assembly building
legislative · honorific · title · lawmaker · delegate · elected · official · statehouse
lawgiver
One who establishes rules
statesman · Greek · legislator · constitution · democracy · tyrant · Draco · Pericles · debt · citizenship
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
- wiseShowing good judgment
- proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
maxim · counsel · prudence · moderation · oracle · Delphi · know thyself · nothing in excess · insight · judgment
congressman
House of Representatives member
- representativeOne who acts for another
- senatorUpper chamber member
- politicianElected government official
Capitol · legislative · honorific · title · lawmaker · delegate · elected · official · statehouse · chamber
- Seven SagesThales
- World LeadersChurchill, Winston Churchill, Eisenhower, Gorbachev, Thatcher
- ancient GreeceAthens, Sparta, Zeus, Parthenon, Acropolis
- ancient AthensAcropolis, Parthenon, Agora, agora, Pericles
- Ancient Greek lawSolonian reforms, ostracism, lawgiver, legal codes, public trial
- Ancient GreeksSocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Pericles