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 (15[1])claimed that this leader suffocated after people threw hats, shirts, and cloaks at him in praise. This leader sidelined the Areopagus by creating the (*) Council of Four Hundred. Under this leader’s (-5[1])policies, debtors who owed money to people of high class could be enslaved. Legendarily, this man’s anti-homicide laws were the only ones kept by Solon. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this Athenian whose name is synonymous (10[1])with very strict rules. ■END■ (0[2])

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