Solon 27

Solon 27

A child, still young, grows his teeth and throws them out in his first seven years (0-7).

When god fulfills the next seven (8-14), he shows the signs of hebe.

In the third (15-21), his beard and limbs grows, changing the skin's flower.

In the fourth (22-28), everyone is by far the best in strength, when men reach the peaks of arete.

In the fifth (29-35), it's time for a man to think about marriage and to seek the generation of children.

In the sixth (36-42), a man's mind sharpens about everything, and he no longer wants to do dumb things.

In the seventh (43-49) and eighth (50-56), he is by far the best in mind and tongue. Of both there are fourteen years.

In the ninth (57-63), he still is able, but his tongue and wisdom are softer toward great arete.

If he should achieve the tenth (64-70) and reach his full measure, not untimely would he obtain death's share. 

• Allan compares that the Herodotean Solon also thinks 70 years is a full life -- probably influenced by this poem. Cf. earlier for another intertext between actual Solon and the Herodotean Solon
• This is a pretty positive take on aging compared to Mimnermus. You lose physical strength, but you gain intellectual power as you age (reminiscent of Nestor). I don't think Mimnermus specifically comments on intellectual decline in his treatment of old age.
• Overall a lot like the 7 ages of men in As You Like It (which Allen also cites), which presumably is a descendant of this kind of tradition.
• The idea of a 'timely' death in old age is one that occurs elsewhere e.g. in epic. compare Solon's οὐκ ἂν ἄωρος ἐὼν μοῖραν ἔχοι θανάτου to Il. 24.540 ἀλλʼ ἕνα παῖδα τέκεν παναώριον (Achilles describing his short life).