Solon of Athens: The Grandfather of Democracy

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Solon is one of the seven sages of ancient Greece, a collective of rulers, thinkers and profoundly wise individuals who helped shape the world of Archaic Greece. Solon was born in Salamis, and became the ruler of Athens durings a time of great crisis. Among the seven sages, he is the one regarded to have contributed the most to the political aspect of ancient Greece.
All the Quotes of Solon of Athens:
- Never exaggerate.
- Do not take the position of a judge, as in this case you will be hated by the condemned.
- Avoid pleasure and joy that creates pain (physical or psychic).
- Keep the politeness and goodness of your character even more faithful than your oath.
- Seal up your words with silence, and your silence with the right timing.
- Do not lie but tell the truth.
- Involve yourself with the serious and worthy things.
- Do not claim to be more just than your parents.
- Do not acquire friends quickly. When however you acquire them, do not reject them quickly.
- Only when you learn how to be governed will you learn how to govern.
- If you ask others to justify their actions, be eager to also do the same.
- Your advice should not be for the pleasurable, but for the noblest.
- Do not be insolent towards your co-citizens.
- Do not associate with bad people.
- Do have relationships with gods.
- Respect your friends.
- If you don't see something, keep silent.
- Be kind to your own people.
- On the basis of the significant draw conclusions on the not significant.
- Many wicked men are rich, while virtuous men are poor. But we will not exchange the wealth of virtue with their riches. For the wealth of virtue is everlasting, whereas human riches are ever changing their owners.
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@ryancogan5139 4 ай бұрын

Good video, but your next videos covers up the last 3 quotes

@martinalarcon3108 3 ай бұрын

I have this feeling that Solon was the Bernie sanders of Greece 😮😢

@jtzoltan 8 ай бұрын

Loved the video; I always wanted to know more about Solon... the tale of Solon and Croessus sounds made up though (by an ancient author I'm sure). I've never heard about someone fishing for a compliment nearly so hard as that. It would surely violate standard of virtue and dignity to then get angry and demand the guest leaves the land, oh but then within a year he lives to regret it and calls out for Solon as the flames rise around him... sounds very made up; but I could ve mistaken.

@historicaladventurevideos 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! You are most probably right. Of course, we will probably never know if such an event happened. The story itself was likely written by Herodotus to effectively portray the ideals of an Athenian Greek man in the 7th century B.C., in contrast to people of other cultures who think very differently. Herodotus was an extremely informed person and he also traveled extensively, however, in his works, he highlights many times that these stories were told to him by other people; whether we believe them or not, or whether he believed them or not, is another matter. Some of his descriptions about locations have been proven right, while others have been proven wrong. However, I have to disagree with you on the matter of host and guest etiquette. It would not be uncommon for a host, particularly a powerful one, to demand that someone leave his house/palace because he deems the guest as 'rude' or does or believes they do not flatter him enough.