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Draco
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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
Discography
- Frío1994
- Vagabundo1996
- Songbirds & Roosters1998
- Mad Love2004
- Crash Push2004
- Draco y el teatro del absurdo2007
- Padre mío2008
- Paraíso prometido2009
- Amor vincit omnia2009
- Reza por mí2010
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,866
- Total plays
- 127,223
Tags
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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A critical review of point-of-use drinking water treatment in the United States
· 2021 · cited 149x
- Double skin façade: Modelling technique and influence of venetian blinds on the airflow and heat transfer
· 2014 · cited 77x
- Biotransformation of the topical glucocorticoids budesonide and beclomethasone 17α,21-dipropionate in human liver and lung homogenate
· 1984 · cited 64x
- Use of Geographic Information Systems for Planning HIV Prevention Interventions for High-Risk Youths
· 2007 · cited 46x
- Optimizing multitelescope observations of gravitational-wave counterparts
· 2019 · cited 43x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Place of death
- Aegina
- Occupation
- legislator
- Position held
- eponymous archon
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- legislator
- Image
- Draco engraving from 1833 (cropped) 1 1.jpg
- Residence
- Athens
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 0650-01-01
- date of death
- 0600-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- name in native language
- Δράκων
- Commons category
- Draco (legislator)
- significant place
- Classical Athens
Sources (3)
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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.
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