Question

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

ANSWER: Draco [or Drakon; accept draconic or draconian]
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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY2100%0%0%76.50
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%100%105.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1100%0%0%51.00
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY3100%0%33%79.67
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY1090%0%60%90.44