Solon, the Father of Democracy, was a Man of the Tao
Ancient Athens in the 600s BC
Ancient Athens didn’t have a king. It was ruled by nine archons. These were men from the largest landowning families in Attica. When an archon finished his term, he became a life member of the Senate that met on Ares’ hill (the Areopagus), where true power resided.
Large tracts of land…
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