In spite of the high reputation which Solon enjoyed in ancient times as a conciliator, the record shows the collapse of his plans for social stability in his own lifetime. This collapse was perhaps caused by events beyond his control or influence, and if it was social and economic change in Attica subsequent to his reforms that brought about a new revolutionary situation, and opened the way for the tyranny, the question is, What changes of such a nature took place in this period? In this connexion it would be well to review very briefly what evidence we have about Peisistratos' following in Attica.
page 46 note 1 Hdt. i. 59. See Sandys's note on Aristotle, Ath. Pol. xiv. I.
page 46 note 2 Arist. I.c.
page 46 note 3 Plut. Solon xxix. I.
page 46 note 4 Arist. op. cit. xiii. 5.
page 47 note 1 Op. cit. xiii. 5.
page 47 note 2 See Jardé, A., La Formation du peuple grec (Paris, 1923), 194–8.Google Scholar
page 48 note 1 s v. Δtακρεῖς, where Βραυρῶνα is a probable emendation of the corrupt βαλυλῶνος.
page 48 note 2 Thuc. ii. 55.
page 48 note 3 Strabo, 392.
page 48 note 4 Schol. Ar. Lys. 58.
page 48 note 5 P. N. Ure made out a case for the south-east as the Diakria. See Appendix A to his book, The Origin of Tyranny (Cambridge, 1922).
page 48 note 6 Arist. op. cit. xiv. I.
page 49 note 1 For a summary of the archaeological evidence see Bailey, B. L., ‘The Export of Attic Black Figure Ware’, journ. of Hellenic Studies, lx (1940), 60.CrossRefGoogle Scholar See also Dunbabin, T. J., The Western Greeks (Oxford, 1948), 241 ff.Google Scholar
page 49 note 2 i. 2. 5.
page 50 note 1 Seltman, C. T., Athens, its History and Coinage before the Persian Invasion (Cambridge, 1924), II.Google Scholar
page 50 note 2 Paus. i. 31. 2.
page 50 note 3 Paus. i. 32. I refers to Mt. Parnes as hunting land; see also Plato, Kritias, IIIc.
page 51 note 1 Hdt. i. 62 οἵ τε ἐκ τοῦ ἅστεος στασιῶται ἀπίκοντο ἅλλοι τε ἐκ τῶν δήμων.
page 51 note 2 Op. cit. xiii. 5.
page 52 note 1 Plutarch uses the terms Diakrieis and Epakrioi.
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page 53 note 1 e.g. in the settlement by Miltiades in the Thracian Chersonesos.
page 56 note 1 That is, from grain crops, on land where the yield was low, to vines and olives.
page 56 note 2 e.g. the Solonian qualifications for office, defined in terms of primary production.
page 56 note 3 Thuc. vi. 54. 5, Arist. op. cit. xvi. 4, Diog. Laert. i. 53.
page 56 note 4 Plut. Solon xxxi. 2.
page 57 note 1 In contrast to the widespread Greek custom of levying customs dues on trade.
page 57 note 2 Criticism of this paper would be warmly welcomed by the writer, who is working on a study of the economic development of Attica.