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Draco
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A celebrated Athenian law-giver, who first gave stability to the State by committing the laws to writing, and establishing the Ephetæ, or court of appeal, 621 B.C.; only he punished every transgressor of his laws with death, so that his code became unbearable, and was superseded ere long by a milder, instituted by Solon, who affixed the penalty of death to murder alone; he is said to have justified the severity of his code by maintaining that the smallest crime deserved death, and he knew no severer punishment for greater; it is said he was smothered to death in the theatre by the hats and cloaks showered on him as a popular mark of honour; he was archon of Athens.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Draco'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/draco.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Draco'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/draco.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
