← SolonElegiesby SolonElegiac poems on justice and democratic reform in ancient AthensFind on Amazon↗About the authorSolonAthenian statesman and poet who used verse to express his political philosophy and social reforms. His elegies and iambic poems are among the earliest Greek poetry to reflect civic concerns.More by SolonIambicsIambic verses from the Athenian lawgiver and poet→FragmentsSurviving poetic remains of the archaic Greek statesman→