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solon

/soh-luhn/US // ˈsoʊ lən //UK // (ˈsəʊlən) //

孤独,独行侠,独龙,孤独者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : c638–c558 b.c., Athenian statesman.
    • : a wise lawgiver.
    • : a town in N Ohio.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • From the time of Solon the Attic months were lunar, composed alternately of 30 and 29 days.

  • Solon, it is well known, travelled to the court of Croesus, and it is affirmed that Pythagoras visited India.

  • Solon, in his laws, is silent with regard to the education of girls, though he gave very precise regulations for that of boys.

  • Next to this tradition, and nearly coeval with it, but reported by later authority, is that respecting Solon and Athens.

  • He was the Draco of his time, because his time seemed to him as yet unworthy to possess a Solon, neither capable of receiving him.