This man was the first of two whose work was displayed on rotating beams known as "axones"and possibly tetrahedral pillars called "kyrbeis." This man revised the work of the six thesmotetaiand allegedly was so popular that he died under a crush of cloaks and hats thrown at him byadmirers in a theater. He was called to his task about ten years after
This man was the first of two whose work was displayed on rotating beams known as "axones"and possibly tetrahedral pillars called "kyrbeis." This man revised the work of the six thesmotetaiand allegedly was so popular that he died under a crush of cloaks and hats thrown at him byadmirers in a theater. He was called to his task about ten years after the coup by the followers of (*)Cylon and subsequent revenge on the perpetrators when the cord tying them to a sacred shrine broke.Demades made the quip that this man used blood rather than ink to write. His work was largely undone bySolon, who removed the death penalty for everything but murder. For 10 points, name this seventh-centuryBCE Athenian whose harsh legal code inspired an adjectival form of his name.
This man was the first of two whose work was displayed on rotating beams known as "axones"and possibly tetrahedral pillars called "kyrbeis.
Draco [or Dracon]