Round 3: Tossup 14

Karl Julius Beloch used the etymology of this person’s name to argue that he did not exist. This leader was the first to use a rotating pyramid called a kyrbeis (“keer-BAY-ees”) to display reforms on tablets called Axones. The Suda claimed that this leader suffocated (15[1])after people threw hats, shirts, and cloaks (15[1])at him in praise. (15[2]-5[1])This leader sidelined the Areopagus by creating (-5[1])the (*) Council of Four Hundred. Under this leader’s (-5[1])policies, debtors who owed money (10[1])to people of high class could be enslaved. Legendarily, this man’s anti-homicide laws were the only ones kept by Solon. For 10 points, name this Athenian whose name is synonymous with very strict rules. ■END■ (10[3])

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