Part 5

Since such, then, was the organization of the constitution, and
the many were in slavery to the few, the people rose against
the upper
class. The strife was keen, and for a long time the two parties were
ranged in hostile camps against one another, till at last, by common
consent, they appointed Solon to be mediator and Archon, and
committed
the whole constitution to his hands. The immediate occasion of his
appointment was his poem, which begins with the words:

I behold, and within my heart deep sadness has claimed its place,
As I mark the oldest home of the ancient Ionian race
Slain by the sword.

In this poem he fights and disputes on behalf of each party in
turn against the other, and finally he advises them to come to terms
and put an end to the quarrel existing between them. By birth and
reputation Solon was one of the foremost men of the day, but
in wealth
and position he was of the middle class, as is generally agreed, and
is, indeed, established by his own evidence in these poems, where he
exhorts the wealthy not to be grasping.

But ye who have store of good, who are sated and overflow,
Restrain your swelling soul, and still it and keep it low:
Let the heart that is great within you he trained a lowlier way;
Ye shall not have all at your will, and we will not for ever obey.

Indeed, he constantly fastens the blame of the conflict on the
rich; and accordingly at the beginning of the poem he says that he
fears' the love of wealth and an overweening mind', evidently
meaning that it was through these that the quarrel arose.

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因为如此的，然后，是组织的组织, 和
多数是在奴隶的身份中到很少, 人玫瑰反对
上面人
班级。 争吵是锋利的，而且有很长的一段时间二个党是
在对抗彼此的怀敌意的露营中排列, 直到最后, 被通常的
同意, 他们任命 Solon 是调停者和执政官, 和
委托
对他的手整个的组织。 他的立即场合
约会是他的诗, 由字开始:

我看到, 和在我的深悲哀已经宣称它的地方心里面,
当我为远古的爱奥尼亚的比赛最古老家作标记
被刀剑杀。

在这一首诗中他代表每个党对抗而且争论在
与另一个为敌，而且最后他劝告他们和解
而且放在他们之间存在的吵架结束 。 藉着出生和
名誉 Solon 是那天的最初男人之一, 但是
在财富
而且放置他是中产阶级, 如同通常被同意, 和
是,的确,被这些诗的他自己证据建立, 哪里他
劝诫富有人不是抓的。

但是 ye 谁有商店好的,谁厌腻了而且泛滥,
抑制你的隆起灵魂, 和剧照它而且保存它低点:
让在他训练了一个较地位低的方法你里面大师的心;
Ye 将没有所有的在你意志，而且我们不将会永远服从。

的确，他不变地拴紧冲突的过失在那之上
富有的; 而且因此在诗的开始他说他
恐惧的财富爱和骄傲的思想', 明显地
意义它穿越这些吵架引起。