code of Dracon. We have already[5] argued against the theory of Glotz that the clause μηδ’ ἀποινᾶν was a Solonian innovation. The alteration which we attribute to Solon was not properly speaking a change in the murder-code, but merely a change in the distribution of pleas in the judicial system. Hence we accept the ancient tradition[6] that ‘Solon changed all the laws of Dracon except those relating to homicide.’ The Solonian legislation was less severe and more humane than Dracon’s code. If Solon did not alter the murder-laws, it was probably because they were, so to speak, so non-Draconian, because they did not bear the stamp of Dracon’s own peculiar genius. They were, we have said,[7] an eclectic codification of the unwritten laws of the Ephetae and the Exegetae. Religiously consecrated by their joint tribal and Apolline inspiration, they stood above the gales of Athenian political ferment. It was only in the personnel of the judicial system that a loophole was left open for political intrigue. In this respect alone was alteration easy and obvious: and in this respect alone do we suppose that alterations took place. The original inscription of 409-8 B.C. consists of forty-eight lines, of which six are undecipherable, and nine others badly mutilated. We will give here just four of the best lines, from which the condition of the remainder may be inferred. 11. και εαμ . εκ . ρονο..ς .τ.... ... .... ....... .ι 12. καζεν δε τος βασιλεας αιτ . ο . φο... ε... ... ........ .. ...λ 13. ευσαντα τος δ. εφετας διαγν.... ........ .... ... ..... ε 14. ι ε αδελφο. ε Ηυες Ηαπα.... ε το . .ο...... ..... ... .. .. .υ The most important portion of the inscription, as restored by Köhler, is given by Dareste,[8] and transliterated into the Ionic alphabet reads as follows: