Lycurgus
Lycurgus or Lykurgus may refer to:
* People:
**Lycurgus of Sparta (c. 700 –630 BCE), ruler
**Lycurgus of Athens (390s-320s), activist & government administrator
* Mythological figures:
**Lycurgus (Arcadia) , king
**Lycurgus (Thrace) , opponent of Dionysus
** Lycurgus, a.k.aLycomedes , in Homer
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Lycurgus — [lī kʉr′gəs] real or legendary Spartan lawgiver of about the 9th cent. B.C … English World dictionary
Lycurgus — /luy kerr geuhs/, n. fl. 9th century B.C., Spartan lawgiver. * * * I born с 390 died 324 BC Athenian orator and statesman. He supported Demosthenes in opposing Macedonia. As controller of state finances (338–326), he was noted for his efficient… … Universalium
LYCURGUS — I. LYCURGUS Nemeae Rex, Archemori pater. Stat. Theb. l. 5. v. 638. 647. 653. 696. et 702. It. Lycurgus Gigas ab Osiride in Thracia peremptus. Berosus l. 5. Diod. Sic. l. 1. II. LYCURGUS Rhetor Atheniensis magni nominis, duodeoim Annis reditus… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Lycurgus — biographical name 9th century B.C. Spartan lawgiver … New Collegiate Dictionary
LYCURGUS — the legislator of Sparta, who lived in the 9th century B.C.; in the interest of it as king visited the wise in other lands, and returned with the wise lessons he had learned from them to frame a code of laws for his country, which was fast… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Lycurgus — Ly•cur•gus [[t]laɪˈkɜr gəs[/t]] n. anh big fl. 9th century b.c., Spartan lawgiver … From formal English to slang
Lycurgus — /laɪˈkɜgəs/ (say luy kerguhs) noun fl. 9th century BC, political reformer of Sparta, reputed founder of Spartan constitution and educational system … Australian English dictionary
Lycurgus — /luy kerr geuhs/, n. fl. 9th century B.C., Spartan lawgiver … Useful english dictionary
Lycurgus of Sparta — Lycurgus (Greek: polytonic|Λυκοῦργος, Lukoûrgos ; 700 BC? ndash;630 BC) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, who established the military oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms… … Wikipedia
Lycurgus (Thrace) — Lycurgus (also Lykurgos, Lykourgos) was a king of the Edoni in Thrace, and the father of Dryas, the oak ( Iliad vi). He banned the cult of Dionysus. When Lycurgus heard that Dionysus was in his kingdom, he imprisoned Dionysus followers, the… … Wikipedia
