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This politician’s reforms were the first to be publicly displayed on rotating wooden tablets called axones. This politician, who established the casting of lots to select a Council (-5[1])of Four Hundred, mandated (-5[1])that people who killed in self-defense would be exiled. (-5[1])The Suda claims that this politician died after being suffocated by cloaks thrown (10[1])by admirers. Demades quipped that this leader wrote in blood rather (10[1])than ink. This ruler ended the system of blood feuds, and distinguished between intentional and unintentional (10[1])homicide in a law code largely (-5[1])replaced (-5[1])by Solon. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this early Athenian ruler, whose name is synonymous with severe punishments. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Draco [or Drakon; accept draconic or draconian]
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