Solon, son of Exekestides, Athenian, philosopher, legislator and demagogue. He flourished in the 47th Olympiad, though some [say] the 56th.[1] After the tyrant Peisistratus had plotted against him, he emigrated to Cilicia and founded a city, which he called Soloi after himself. Some [say] he also founded Soloi in Cyprus,[2] [naming it] after himself, and that he died in Cyprus. He wrote laws for [the] Athenians, which some named Axles because they were written on wooden axles in Athens.[3] [He wrote] an elegiac poem called Salamis, an elegiac Counsels, and other things. This man is one of the so-called Seven Sages. The following sayings are attributed to him: "nothing in excess," and "know yourself."[4]