Solon (c. 638–c. 558 BC)

Athenian statesman. As one of the chief magistrates about 594 BC, he carried out the cancellation of all debts from which land or liberty was the security and the revision of the constitution that laid the foundations of Athenian democracy. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece.

Solon

City in northeastern Ohio, 24 km/15 mi east of Cleveland, of which it is a commuter suburb; population (1990) 18,500. Frozen foods, mining equipment, sporting goods, and clothing are among local products.

It was founded in about 1820 and named after the ancient Greek lawgiver.