Igor Surikov

An important element of ancient narrative tradition on Solon is constituted by tales about his Eastern voyage (including visits to Egypt, Cyprus, and Lydia). Such tales, from Herodotus on, demonstrate manifest contradictions and inconsistencies (especially chronological). The article deals with how these inconsistencies emerged and developed, how the tradition managed them and how it at times even neglected them for the sake of saving the “Hellenic sage in the East” topic in its integrity.