seem to point to the fact that he wrote his legislation after 594/3. It is not possible for him to have done this travelling before his archonship because he would have been very young and he would have had no reason to bring a law back with him.Another important point to take notice of is that there was trouble in Athens after Solon's archonship. There were several instances of anarchia or anarchy in the years following 594/3. There was anarchia in 590/89 and again in 586/5. There was also a period of confusion following two years when either one person named Damaisas held the position of archon for slightly more than two years or two people named Damasias help the position and then the second one was forced out of office. If Solon's legislation came down during his archonship then it didn't seem to solve many problems since there was several years of confusion in Athens after his achronship. What may be more likely is that this trouble is what prompted the people of Athens to give Solon absolute power to remake their laws. Sealey says "Admittedly it is conceivable that these troubles followed the work of Solon, but surely it is more likely that his efforts at reconciliation and harmony were not a complete failure." If Solon's work had been a failure, it would seem more likely that his laws would not have lasted as long as they did and the citizens would have repealed his law.On the other hand, there is a different account of Solon's travels which points to a different conclusion about the date of his work. It was recorded by Herodotus that Solon did his travelling after he laid down the law. " Solon the Athenian, who, after making laws for the Athenians at their request, went abroad for ten years, sailing forth to see the world, he said. This he did so as not to be compelled to repeal any of the laws he had made "3 and "and wishing to be wholly rid of these perplexities and to escape from the captiousness and censoriousness of the c...
