Editing Solon (section)

=== Early life and ancestry ===
[[File:Solon in Vatican Museums.JPG|thumb|Bust of Solon in [[Vatican Museums]]]]Solon was born in Athens around 630 BC.<ref name=eb /> His family was distinguished in [[Attica]] as they belonged to a noble or [[Eupatrid]] clan.<ref name="autogenerated5"/> Solon's father was probably Execestides. If so, his lineage could be traced back to [[Codrus]], the last [[King of Athens]].<ref>"Solon" in Magill, Frank N. (ed)., ''The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography'' (Salem Press/Routledge, 1998), p. 1057.</ref> According to [[Diogenes Laërtius]], he had a brother named Dropides, who was an ancestor (six generations removed) of [[Plato]].<ref>Diogenes Laërtius, ''The Lives and Opinions of Famous Philosophers'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0258:book=3:chapter=1&highlight=dropides Book 3 "Plato", chapter 1].</ref> According to Plutarch, Solon was related to the [[tyrant]] [[Pisistratus]], for their mothers were cousins.<ref>Plutarch ''Solon'' 1 [[s:Lives (Dryden translation)/Solon#1]].</ref> Solon was eventually drawn into the unaristocratic pursuit of commerce.<ref>[[s:Plutarch's Lives (Clough)/Life of Solon|Plutarch, ''Life of Solon'', ch. 2]]</ref>