Draco

About Draco

Draco, an Athenian lawgiver active around the late 7th century BCE, is recognized in the Pantheon project for establishing the first written code of laws for Athens, earning him an HPI Rank of #817. As a public worker, his primary contribution was codifying previously unwritten laws, most famously introducing exceptionally harsh penalties for minor offenses—a severity that gave rise to the term 'draconian' in legal and common parlance.

Despite this foundational role in the development of Athenian democracy and law, Draco suffers from a significant modern attention gap. His historical importance (Rank #817) is not reflected in 2025 internet attention; he garnered only 79K annualized Wikipedia views. To illustrate this underattention, he receives dramatically less traffic than figures of lesser historical weight. For example, Khafra, ranked significantly higher at #567 importance, receives a mere 5K views, while Draco’s own views show a sharp decline in current engagement, evidenced by a -66% momentum drop between Q1 and Q3 of 2025, resulting in an overall attention deficit of -4x relative to his historical standing.