Solon

as for the future, these many new works -- predicated as they are of course upon Solon's inherent interest and importance for all aspects of archaic poetics and politics -- will no doubt guarantee and enable future research on the great political poet. --Elizabeth Irwin review of Solons Politische Elegien und Iamben, by C. Mulke, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, May 26, 2005