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 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 policies, debtors who owed money to people of high class could be enslaved. Legendarily, this man’s anti-homicide laws (10[1])were the only ones kept by Solon. For 10 (10[1])points, name this Athenian whose name is synonymous (10[1])with very strict rules. ■END■ (10[1])

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