Ancient authors such as Herodotus and Plutarch are the main source of information, yet they wrote about Solon long after his death, at a time when history was by no means an academic discipline.
Para penulis kuno seperti Herodotos dan Plutarkhos adalah sumber informasi utama, namun mereka menulis tentang Solon lama setelah kematiannya, pada saat sejarah sama sekali bukan disiplin akademis.