Draco
First legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece
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Athens turned to him to end blood feuds by writing the laws down — but his code made almost everything punishable by death. Only the homicide statutes survived reform, and his name became shorthand for severity.
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Draco served as Athens' first legislator around 625 to 600 BC, tasked with replacing oral law and private vengeance with a written code enforced by courts. The Draconian constitution he produced was notorious for prescribing death as the penalty for most offenses, though tradition credits it with moving justice from the feud to the courtroom. Solon later repealed nearly all of Draco's laws, sparing only those concerning homicide — an inscription from 409/8 BC still referred to "the law of Draco about homicide" as current. Biographical details are sparse enough that some scholars question wheth…
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