Plato, Timaeus, Page 21c: Solon, wisest and freest of poets

The clansman calls Solon wisest in general and most generous of poets. The old man answers, pleased, that Solon would have been unmatched if only he had finished the story he brought from Egypt.

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Critias

ἄλλαállaotherσοφώτατονsophṓtatonwisestγεγονέναιgegonénaihad beenΣόλωναSólōnaSolonκαὶkaìandκατὰkatàinτὴνtḕn—ποίησινpoíēsinpoetryαὖaûagainτῶνtônofποιητῶνpoiētônpoetsπάντωνpántōnallἐλευθεριώτατονeleutheriṓtatonnoblest.

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21c Solon, wisest and freest of poets. Critias: Solon had been the wisest, and again in poetry the noblest of all…

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