The book that the reader now has in his hands was written from the author's belief that the presence of Solon today is of utmost importance for himself and his country.

This strict and deeply rooted form of the archaic Lawgiver is and should be a measure of our lives, because Solon did not become a simple legislator of the state, but the legislator par excellence. This legislative element is found in his life and work; his education, his first journey, the fundamental principle of his political thought, his old age, and the ethos of his poetry constitute legislative rules that must be incorporated into our lives, especially in an era where everything around us, people and things, ideas and actions, move in lawlessness and vagueness.

The philologist who approaches Solon out of curiosity has nothing remarkable to gain, because the sources are scarce and the aids contradictory. However, the philologist who approaches him out of love and who is able, by working "with the axe and the shovel" within the realm of scientific data, to revive within himself and around him this great personality, has a measure of judgment for himself and his era.