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Headword: *lukou=rgos Adler number: lambda,823 Translated headword: Lykourgos, Lycurgus Vetting Status: high Translation:
A Spartan, a lawgiver; born 50 years[1] after the Trojan wars. He was a paternal uncle of King Charilaos of Sparta, and a brother of Eunomos. And he was in control of the Spartans for 42 years; and when he laid down his laws it was as the guardian of his nephew; and he himself was king for 18 years. After him Nikandros [reigned] for 38 years. He wrote laws.[2]
See also, and more fully, lambda 824. The present material comes from the scholia to Plato, Republic 599D (where L. is mentioned).
[1] 58 in the scholion (and 8 in some of the Suda mss).
[2] That L. was ever (a) king of Sparta is unlikely.
