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Draco

Greek lawgiver
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Also spelled:
Dracon
Flourished:
7th century bc
Flourished:
c.700 BCE - c.601 BCE
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Draco (flourished 7th century bc) was an Athenian lawgiver whose harsh legal code punished both trivial and serious crimes in Athens with death—hence the continued use of the word draconian to describe repressive legal measures. The six junior archons (thesmotetai), or magistrates, are said by Aristotle to have been instituted in Athens after 683 bc to record the laws. If this is correct, Draco’s code, which is generally dated to 621, was not the first reduction of Athenian law to writing, but it may have been the first comprehensive code or a revision prompted by some particular crisis. Draco’s code ...(100 of 185 words)

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