SOLON, one of the seven wise men of Greece, was born at Athens about 369 B. C. His courage having procured him the government of his country, he abrogated Draco's laws, and published others more equitable. Pisistratus having made himself master of Athens, Solon retired into Lydia, where, Crœsus having asked him on a time if he did not think him happy? he answered, that none could be accounted so before their last breath; which Crœsus afterwards found fully verified. Solon died at the age of 80.