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Charondas

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Charondas (kərŏn`dəs), 6th cent. B.C., Sicilian lawgiver, a native of Catana. His laws, which were admired by Aristotle, were used by the cities of Chalcidian foundation in Sicily and Italy.

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That society then which nature has established for daily support is the domestic, and those who compose it are called by Charondas
Italy and Sicily boast of Charondas, and there is Solon who is renowned among us; but what city has anything to say about you?
 
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