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first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece

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Draco was a male legislator in Classical Athens, born in 650 BCE and residing in the city. He held the position of eponymous archon and died in Aegina in 600 BCE. His native name was Δράκων, and he spoke Ancient Greek. He is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1900
Died
January 30, 1993
Works
37

Top works

  • The Shenandoah
  • Schools where everyone belongs
  • Schools where everyone belongs
  • Empowering bystanders in bullying prevention
  • Schools where everyone belongs

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1970-06-27
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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
8,866
Total plays
127,223

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There are several artists named Draco. 1. A Finnish black metal band. They released one split album with Usva in 2010 ("Re-Desecrating the South Carelian Graves"). 2. The machine will never cease to function... Drone DraCo was born and raised in Croatia, escaping the Collective, and currently residing at the nation's capitol city Zagreb from where he runs a netlabel Diggarama together with his friend bLURiX (all heil Diggarama!). He was influenced <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Draco">Read

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Encyclopedic overview

Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece according to Athenian tradition and was active about 625 to 600 BC. He replaced the system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian constitution, a written code to be enforced only by a court of law. His laws were supposed to have been very harsh, establishing the death penalty for most offenses. Tradition held that all of his laws were repealed by Solon, save for those on homicide. An inscription from 409/8 BC contains part of the current law and refers to it as "the law of Draco about homicide". Nothing is known about the specifics of other laws established by Draco.

According to some scholars, Draco may have been a fictional figure, entirely or in part. Biographical information about him is almost entirely lacking; he was held to have established his legal code in the year 621/620 BC. Since the 18th century, the adjective draconian (δρακόντειος, drakónteios) refers to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Draco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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