Lycurgus

In Ancient Greece and/or Greek mythology, the name Lycurgus/Lykurgus can refer to:

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• An alternate name for Lycomedes.
• Lycurgus (Thrace): an Edonian King who banned the cult of Dionysus, and paid dearly.
• Lycurgus (Sparta): the legendary lawgiver.
• Lycurgus (Athens): an Athenian statesman and one of the ten Attic orators (c.390 - c.325 BC); Against Leocrates is the only surviving speech by this Lycurgus, of the fifteen that Caecilius of Calacte considered genuine.
• Lycurgus (King in Arcadia)
• Lycurgus (son of Pronax)
• Lycurgus (King of Nemea)

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Lycurgus of Sparta Legendary Greek Lawgiver Mentioned by Herodotus Plutarch and Xenophon