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An Athenian lawgiver. This man [crossed] to Aegina for lawgiving purposes and was being honoured by the Aeginetans in the theatre, but they threw so many hats and shirts and cloaks on his head that he suffocated, and was buried in that selfsame theatre. He lived in the time of the Seven Sages, or rather was even older than them; at any rate he laid down the laws for the Athenians in the 39th Olympiad,[1] as an old man. He wrote Instructions in three thousand verses.[2]

Δράκων, ̓Αθηναι̂ος νομοθέτης. οὑ̂τος εἰς Αἴγιναν ἐπὶ νομοθεσίαις εὐφημούμενος ὑπὸ τω̂ν Αἰγινητω̂ν ἐν τῳ̂ θεάτρῳ ἐπιρριψάντων αὐτῳ̂ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν πετάσους πλείονας καὶ χιτω̂νας καὶ ἱμάτια ἀπεπνίγη καὶ ἐν αὐτῳ̂ ἐτάφη τῳ̂ θεάτρῳ. γέγονε δὲ τοι̂ς χρόνοις κατὰ τοὺς ζ# σοφούς, ἢ μα̂λλον καὶ πρεσβύτερος. τῃ̂ γου̂ν λθ# ̓Ολυμπιάδι τοὺς νόμους ἔθετο γηραιὸς ὢν τοι̂ς ̓Αθηναίοις. ἔγραψεν ̔Υποθήκας εἰς ἔπη τρισχίλια.

Nomodeiktes: Greek Studies in honor of Martin Ostwald (Ann Arbor 1993) 287-304.

[1] 624-621.

[2] The present entry is the sole authority for this statement; see on it Figueira 299-300 (sceptical). On Draco and his lawcode (trad. 621/0 BCE; cf. alpha 3899 ) see generally OCD(4) 477. On the present entry, which contains the only biographical material we have on him, see T.J. Figueira, "The strange death of Draco on Aegina," in(Ann Arbor 1993) 287-304.[1] 624-621.[2] The present entry is the sole authority for this statement; see on it Figueira 299-300 (sceptical).

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