Draco
King James Dictionary [1]
DRACO, n. See Dragon.
1. In astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, containing according to Flamstead, eighty stars. 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. 3. A genus of animals of two species. See Dragon.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A celebrated Athenian law-giver, who first gave stability to the State by committing the laws to writing, and establishing the Ephetæ, or court of appeal, 621 B.C.; only he punished every transgressor of his laws with death, so that his code became unbearable, and was superseded ere long by a milder, instituted by Solon, who affixed the penalty of death to murder alone; he is said to have justified the severity of his code by maintaining that the smallest crime deserved death, and he knew no severer punishment for greater; it is said he was smothered to death in the theatre by the hats and cloaks showered on him as a popular mark of honour; he was archon of Athens.
