friend, and now I have no quarrel with you beyond that of every Athenian who disapproves of tyranny. Whether it is better for them to be ruled by one man or to live under a democracy, each of us must decide for himself upon his own judgement. You are, I admit, of all tyrants the best ; but I see that it is not well for me to return to Athens. I gave the Athenians equality of civil rights ; I refused to become tyrant when I had the opportunity; how then could I escape censure if I were now to return and set my approval on all that you are doing?” Solon to Croesus “T admire you for your kindness to me; and, by Athena, if I had not been anxious before all things to live in a democracy, I would rather have fixed my abode in your palace than at Athens, where Pisistratus is setting up_a rule of violence. But in truth to live in a place where all have equal rights is . more to my liking. However, I will come and see | you, for I am eager to make your acquaintance.” CuapTer 3. CHILON (c. 560 B.c.) Chilon, son of Damagetas, was a Lacedaemonian. He wrote a poem in elegiac metre some 200 lines in length ; and he declared that the excellence of a man is to divine the future so far as it can be grasped by reason. When his brother grumbled that he was not made ephor as Chilon was, the latter replied, “ T know how to submit to injustice and you do not.” He was made ephor in the 55th Olympiad ; Pamphila, however, says the 56th. He first became ephor, according to Sosicrates, in the archonship of Euthy-