Lycurgus, the Glossary
Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, credited with the formation of its eunomia ("good order"), involving political, economic, and social reforms to produce a military-oriented Spartan society in accordance with the Delphic oracle.[1]
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78 relations: A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Achaean League, Agiad dynasty, Agis IV, Agoge, Agora, Alcman, Ancient drachma, Ancient Olympic Games, Athens, Battle of Plataea, Battle of Thermopylae, Bride kidnapping, Caesar's civil war, Charilaus, Charles Rollin, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Cleomenes III, Common good, Constitution of the Roman Republic, Crypteia, Denis Diderot, Dowry, Draco (lawgiver), Ecclesia (Sparta), Elatus, Encyclopédie, Ephor, Eurysthenes, Fascism, First Messenian War, General will, Gerousia, Great Rhetra, Greek hero cult, Helots, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Julius Beloch, Laconia, Laconophilia, Liberators' civil war, Messenia, Natalism, Nationalism, Nazi Germany, Nazism, Niccolò Machiavelli, Numa Pompilius, Paideia, Parallel Lives, ... Expand index (28 more) »
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A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America is a three-volume work by John Adams published in 1787–1788.
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Achaean League
The Achaean League (League of Achaeans) was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Greek city-states on the northern and central Peloponnese.
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Agiad dynasty
The Agiad dynasty was one of the two royal families of Sparta, a powerful city-state of Ancient Greece.
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Agis IV
Agis IV (Ἄγις; c. 265 BC – 241 BC), the elder son of Eudamidas II, was the 25th king of the Eurypontid dynasty of Sparta.
Agoge
The agoge (ágōgḗ in Attic Greek, or ἀγωγά, ágōgá in Doric Greek) was the training program pre-requisite for Spartiate (citizen) status.
Agora
The agora (ἀγορά, romanized:, meaning "market" in Modern Greek) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states.
Alcman
Alcman (Ἀλκμάν Alkmán; fl.  7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta.
Ancient drachma
In ancient Greece, the drachma (drachmḗ,; pl. drachmae or drachmas) was an ancient currency unit issued by many city-states during a period of ten centuries, from the Archaic period throughout the Classical period, the Hellenistic period up to the Roman period.
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Ancient Olympic Games
The ancient Olympic Games (τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Battle of Plataea
The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
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Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae (Greek) took place during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
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Bride kidnapping
Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts and rapes the woman he wishes to marry.
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Caesar's civil war
Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was a civil war during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey), respectively.
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Charilaus
Charilaus (Χαρίλαος), also spelled Charilaos, Charillos, or Charillus, was a king of Sparta in the middle of the 8th century BC.
Charles Rollin
Charles Rollin (30 January 1661 in Paris - 14 December 1741 in Paris) was a French historian and educator.
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Claude Adrien Helvétius
Claude Adrien Helvétius (26 January 1715 – 26 December 1771) was a French philosopher, freemason and littérateur.
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Cleomenes III
Cleomenes III (Κλεομένης) was one of the two kings of Sparta from 235 to 222 BC.
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Common good
In philosophy, economics, and political science, the common good (also commonwealth, general welfare, or public benefit) is either what is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community, or alternatively, what is achieved by citizenship, collective action, and active participation in the realm of politics and public service.
Constitution of the Roman Republic
The constitution of the Roman Republic was a set of uncodified norms and customs which, together with various written laws, guided the procedural governance of the Roman Republic.
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Crypteia
The Crypteia, also referred to as Krypteia or Krupteia (Greek: κρυπτεία krupteía from κρυπτός kruptós, "hidden, secret"; members were κρύπται kryptai), was an ancient Spartan rural armed group.
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.
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Dowry
A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
Draco (lawgiver)
Draco (Δράκων, Drakōn; fl. c. 625-600 BC), also called Drako or Drakon, was the first recorded legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. Lycurgus and Draco (lawgiver) are ancient Greek law and ancient legislators.
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Ecclesia (Sparta)
The ecclesia or ekklesia (Greek: ἐκκλησία) was the citizens' assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. Lycurgus and ecclesia (Sparta) are Government of Sparta.
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Elatus
There were several figures named Elatus or Élatos (Ancient Greek: Ἔλατος means "ductile") in Greek mythology.
Encyclopédie
Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts, better known as Encyclopédie, was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations.
Ephor
The ephors were a board of five magistrates in ancient Sparta. Lycurgus and ephor are Government of Sparta.
Eurysthenes
Eurysthenes (Εὐρυσθένης, "widely ruling") was king of Sparta and one of the Heracleidae in Greek mythology.
Fascism
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
First Messenian War
The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta.
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General will
In political philosophy, the general will (volonté générale) is the will of the people as a whole.
Gerousia
The Gerousia (γερουσία) was the council of elders in ancient Sparta. Lycurgus and Gerousia are Government of Sparta.
Great Rhetra
The Great Rhetra (Μεγάλη Ῥήτρα, literally: Great "Saying" or "Proclamation", charter) was used in two senses by the classical authors. Lycurgus and Great Rhetra are Government of Sparta.
Greek hero cult
Hero cults were one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion. Lycurgus and Greek hero cult are Greek mythological heroes.
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Helots
The helots (εἵλωτες, heílotes) were a subjugated population that constituted a majority of the population of Laconia and Messenia – the territories ruled by Sparta.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (philosophe), writer, and composer.
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Karl Julius Beloch
Karl Julius Beloch (21 January 1854 in Nieder-Petschkendorf – 1 February 1929 in Rome) was a German classical and economic historian.
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Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia (Λακωνία) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.
Laconophilia
Laconophilia is love or admiration of Sparta and of the Spartan culture or constitution.
Liberators' civil war
The Liberators' civil war (43–42 BC) was started by the Second Triumvirate to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination.
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Messenia
Messenia or Messinia (Μεσσηνία) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece.
Natalism
Natalism (also called pronatalism or the pro-birth position) is a policy paradigm or personal value that promotes the reproduction of human life as an important objective of humanity and therefore advocates high birthrate.
Nationalism
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.
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Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius (753–672 BC; reigned 715–672 BC) was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus after a one-year interregnum.
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Paideia
Paideia (/paɪˈdeɪə/; also spelled paedeia; παιδεία) referred to the rearing and education of the ideal member of the ancient Greek polis or state.
Parallel Lives
The Parallel Lives (Βίοι Παράλληλοι, Bíoi Parállēloi; Vītae Parallēlae) is a series of 48 biographies of famous men written by the Greco-Roman philosopher, historian, and Apollonian priest Plutarch, probably at the beginning of the second century.
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Pausanias (geographer)
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.
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Pelanor
Pelanor (lit) was the currency reportedly used in Sparta during the reign of the semi-mythical Lycurgus.
Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War (translit) (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world.
See Lycurgus and Peloponnesian War
Philosophes
The were the intellectuals of the 18th-century European Enlightenment.
Plato
Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.
Procles
In Greek legends, Procles (Προκλῆς, "the renowned") was one of the Heracleidae, a great-great-great-grandson of Heracles, and a son of Aristodemus and Argia.
Pythia
Pythia (Πυθία) was the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Rider (legislation)
In legislative procedure, a rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, which may or may not have much, if any, connection with the subject matter of the bill.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Second Messenian War
The Second Messenian War was a war which occurred ca.
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Simonides of Ceos
Simonides of Ceos (Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born in Ioulis on Ceos.
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In sociology, a social organization is a pattern of relationships between and among individuals and groups.
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Solon
Solon (Σόλων; BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet. Lycurgus and Solon are ancient legislators.
Sparta
Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece.
Spartiate
A Spartiate (Σπαρτιάτης, Spartiátēs) or Homoios (pl. Homoioi, Ὅμοιος, "alike") was an elite full-citizen male of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.
Syssitia
The syssitia (συσσίτια syssítia, plural of συσσίτιον syssítion) were, in ancient Greece, common meals for men and youths in social or religious groups, especially in Crete and Sparta, but also in Megara in the time of Theognis of Megara (sixth century BCE) and Corinth in the time of Periander (seventh century BCE).
Talent (measurement)
The talent (Ancient Greek: τάλαντον, talanton, Latin talentum) was a unit of weight used in the ancient world, often used for weighing gold and silver, but also mentioned in connection with other metals, ivory, and frankincense.
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The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
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Theopompus of Sparta
Theopompus (Θεόπομπος) was a Eurypontid king of Sparta.
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Thucydides
Thucydides (Θουκυδίδης||; BC) was an Athenian historian and general.
Tyrtaeus
Tyrtaeus (Τυρταῖος Tyrtaios; fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books.
Universal access to education
Universal access to education is the ability of all people to have equal opportunity in education, regardless of their social class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnic background or physical and mental disabilities.
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War of Actium
The War of Actium (32–30 BC) was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought between Mark Antony (assisted by Cleopatra and by extension Ptolemaic Egypt) and Octavian.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (Ξενοφῶν||; probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens.
See also
Ancient legislators
- Aegimius
- Cercidas
- Charondas
- Cleisthenes
- Demonax (lawmaker)
- Diocles of Syracuse
- Draco (lawgiver)
- Hammurabi
- Lipit-Ishtar
- Lycurgus
- Nicodorus of Mantineia
- Philolaus of Corinth
- Solon
- Theodosius II
- Ur-Nammu
- Urukagina
- Zaleucus
Government of Sparta
- Apega of Nabis
- Cleombrotus (regent)
- Conspiracy of Cinadon
- Ecclesia (Sparta)
- Ephor
- Ephors
- Epitadeus
- Gerousia
- Great Rhetra
- Kings of Sparta
- Lycurgus
- Pausanias the Regent
- Spartan Constitution
- Theras
- Xenelasia
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycurgus
Also known as Eunomus (king), Lycurgus (Sparta), Lycurgus (king), Lycurgus (lawgiver), Lycurgus (of Sparta), Lycurgus of Sparta, Lykourgos, Lykourgos (king), Lykurgus.
, Pausanias (geographer), Pelanor, Peloponnesian War, Philosophes, Plato, Pompey, Procles, Pythia, Renaissance, Rider (legislation), Roman Empire, Second Messenian War, Simonides of Ceos, Social organization, Solon, Sparta, Spartiate, Syssitia, Talent (measurement), The Federalist Papers, Theopompus of Sparta, Thucydides, Tyrtaeus, Universal access to education, War of Actium, World War I, World War II, Xenophon.