execestides

Updated: May 27, 2025

The name of the pretended madman was Solon, son of Execestides, the descendant of Codrus. Milford, Mr.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete

This man was Solon, the son of Execestides, and a descendant of Codrus. He had travelled through many parts of Greece and Asia, and had formed acquaintance with many of the most eminent men of his time. Three years afterwards he persuaded the Alcmaeonidae to submit their case to the judgment of three hundred Eupatridae, by whom they were adjudged guilty of sacrilege, and were expelled from Attica.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest