HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Leonidas
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Lycurgus
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Pericles
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Cleisthenes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lycurgus (/laɪˈkɜːrɡəs/; Greek: Lykourgos; fl. c. 820 BC) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta. He is credited with establishing the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
Detailed explanation-2: -The founder of the political institution of Sparta is Lycurgus. As per the legends of Greece, after the death of his father and then elder brother, the political horizon of Sparta became clouded. At this juncture, Lycurgus attained fatherhood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lycurgus is considered the semi-mythical founder of classical Sparta and responsible for all of the city-state’s laws as well as its military and political institutions. He became better known to generations of Spartans as the lawgiver.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before Lycurgus there had been dual kingship, division of the society into Spartiates, Helots, and perioeci, and the ephorate.