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Lycurgus
Lycurgus or Lykourgos () may refer to: People * Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC) * Lycurgus (lawgiver) (eighth century BC), creator of constitution of Sparta * Lycurgus of Athens (fourth century BC), one of the 'ten notable orators' at Athens * Lykourgos Logothetis (1772–1850), leader of Samos in the Greek War of Independence * Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician * Lycurgus J. Rusk (1851–1928), American politician * Lycurgus Conner (1909–1963), American politician * George Lycurgus (1858–1960), Greek–American businessman and Hawaiian royalist Mythology * Lycurgus (mythology), name of mythological characters named Lycurgus * Lycurgus of Arcadia, king * Lycurgus (of Nemea), son of Pheres * Lycurgus of Thrace, king, opponent of Dionysus * Lycomedes or Lycurgus, in Homer * Lycurgus, son of Pronax * Lycurgus, son of Heracles by Toxicrate, daughter of Thespius * Lycurgus, a suitor of Hippodamia of Pisa Places * Lycurgus, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus (lawgiver)
Lycurgus (; grc-gre, wikt:Λυκοῦργος, Λυκοῦργος ; 820 BC) was the quasi-legendary lawgiver of Sparta who established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Pythia, Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms promoted the three Spartan virtues: equality (among citizens), military fitness, and austerity.Forrest, W.G. ''A History of Sparta 950–192 B.C.'' Norton. New York. (1963) p. 50 He is referred to by ancient historians and philosophers Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, and Epictetus. It is not clear if Lycurgus was an actual historical figure; however, many ancient historians believed that he instituted the communitarianism, communalistic and militaristic reforms – most notably the Great Rhetra – which transformed Spartan society. Biography Early life Most information about Lycurgus comes from Plutarch, Plutarch's "Life of Lycurgus" (part of ''Parallel Lives''), which is more of an anecdotal co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus (of Nemea)
In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος ''Lykoûrgos'', Ancient Greek: ), also spelled Lykurgos or Lykourgos, was the son of Pheres, and the husband of Eurydice (or Amphithea) by whom he was the father of Opheltes. In the earliest account, Lycurgus was a priest of Nemean Zeus, while in later accounts he was a king of Nemea. When the army of the Seven against Thebes was passing through Nemea on its way to Thebes, Lycurgus' infant son Opheltes was killed by a serpent, through the negligence of his nursemaid Hypsipyle. The child's funeral games were said to have been the origin of the Nemean Games and Lycurgus' tomb was said to be in the grove of Nemean Zeus. Family According to Euripides, Lycurgus was from the Asopus river valley to west of Nemea, and he and his wife Euridice, were the parents of Opheltes. Hyginus also has Eurydice as the mother of Opheltes, however Hyginus' Latin text has Opheltes' father being a king of Nemea named "Lycus", rather than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus Cup
The Lycurgus Cup is a 4th-century Roman glass cage cup made of a dichroic glass, which shows a different colour depending on whether or not light is passing through it: red when lit from behind and green when lit from in front. It is the only complete Roman glass object made from this type of glass, and the one exhibiting the most impressive change in colour; it has been described as "the most spectacular glass of the period, fittingly decorated, which we know to have existed". The cup is also a very rare example of a complete Roman cage-cup, or ''diatretum'', where the glass has been painstakingly cut and ground back to leave only a decorative "cage" at the original surface-level. Many parts of the cage have been completely undercut. Most cage-cups have a cage with a geometric abstract design, but here there is a composition with figures, showing the mythical King Lycurgus, who (depending on the version) tried to kill Ambrosia, a follower of the god Dionysus (Bacchus to the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lycurgus
George Lycurgus ( grc-gre, Γεώργιος Λυκούργος) (1858–1960) was a Greek American businessman who played an influential role in the early tourist industry of Hawaii. After Queen Lili`uokalani was overthrown in a coup by the Committee Of Safety, he ran afoul of the government of the Republic of Hawaii and was accused of treason. Later he was instrumental in the development of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Early life He was born in 1858 in Vassaras (near Sparta, Greece). After his release from the Greek Army, his father decided to leave the family farm to an older brother and agreed to send George to America to join his eldest brother John, in California. In 1877 he traveled in steerage class to New York City, and worked his way across the country. A relative convinced him to join a wholesale fruit business trading between Hawaii and California in 1881. In San Francisco he shipped California produce and wine to his cousin in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus J
Lycurgus or Lykourgos () may refer to: People * Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC) * Lycurgus (lawgiver) (eighth century BC), creator of constitution of Sparta * Lycurgus of Athens (fourth century BC), one of the 'ten notable orators' at Athens * Lykourgos Logothetis (1772–1850), leader of Samos in the Greek War of Independence * Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician * Lycurgus J. Rusk (1851–1928), American politician * Lycurgus Conner (1909–1963), American politician * George Lycurgus (1858–1960), Greek–American businessman and Hawaiian royalist Mythology * Lycurgus (mythology), name of mythological characters named Lycurgus * Lycurgus of Arcadia, king * Lycurgus (of Nemea), son of Pheres * Lycurgus of Thrace, king, opponent of Dionysus * Lycomedes or Lycurgus, in Homer * Lycurgus, son of Pronax * Lycurgus, son of Heracles by Toxicrate, daughter of Thespius * Lycurgus, a suitor of Hippodamia of Pisa Places * Lycurgu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus Of Thrace
In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (/laɪˈkɜːrɡəs/; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος ''Lykoûrgos'', Ancient Greek: ykôrɡos (also Lykurgos, Lykourgos) was the king of the Edoni in Thrace, son of Dryas, the "oak", and father of a son whose name was also Dryas. Mythology Lycurgus banned the cult of Dionysus. When Lycurgus heard that Dionysus was in his kingdom, he imprisoned Dionysus's followers, the Maenads, or "chased the through the holy hills of Nysa, and the sacred implements dropped to the ground from the hands of one and all, as estruck them down with his ox-goad". The compiler of '' Bibliotheke'' (3.5.1) says that as punishment, especially for his treatment for Ambrosia, Dionysus drove Lycurgus insane. In his madness, Lycurgus mistook his son for a mature trunk of ivy, which is holy to Dionysus, and killed him, pruning away his nose and ears, fingers and toes. Consequently, the land of Thrace dried up in horror. Dionysus decreed that the land would stay dry and bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος ''Lykoûrgos'', Ancient Greek: ), also Lykurgos or Lykourgos, may refer to the following individuals: * Lycurgus, son of Aleus, and king of Tegea in Arcadia * Lycurgus, a king of Nemea, and son of Pheres. * Lycurgus, king of Thrace and opponent of Dionysus. * Lycurgus, son of Pronax, son of King Talaus of Argos, and thus, brother to Amphithea, wife of Adrastus. He was one of those who were raised from the dead by Asclepius. * Lycurgus, the Thespian son of Heracles and Toxicrate, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. Lycurgus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, for a week or in the course of 50 days while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion. Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of Sardinia to found a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pronax
In Greek mythology, Pronax (; Ancient Greek: Πρῶναξ) was one of the sons of Talaus and Lysimache, a brother of Adrastus and Eriphyle, and the father of Lycurgus and Amphithea. According to some accounts, he died before the war of the Seven against Thebes, and the Nemean Games were instituted in his honor. Mythology Lycurgus Pronax's son was perhaps the same Lycurgus that was said to have been raised from the dead by Asclepius. His son was also possibly the same as the Nemean Lycurgus who was the father of Opheltes. Although the mythographer Apollodorus distinguishes these two, saying that the Lycurgus, who was the father of Opheltes, was the son of Pheres, there is some evidence to suggest that, in some accounts, these two Lycurgoi were in fact the same. The geographer Pausanias reports seeing an image of Pronax's son Lycurgus on the Amyclae throne of Apollo. According to Pausanias, Adrastus and Tydeus, two of the Seven against Thebes, are shown stopping a fight between Ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus Of Athens
Lycurgus (; Greek: ''Lykourgos''; c. 390 – 324 BC) was a logographer in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC. Lycurgus was born at Athens about 390 BC, and was the son of Lycophron, who belonged to the noble family of the Eteobutadae.Pseudo-Plutarch, ''Moralia'', "Lives of the Ten Orators"p. 841 ''Suda'', s.v"Lykourgos" Photius, ''Bibliotheca'', cod. 268 He should not be confused with the quasi-mythological Spartan lawgiver of the same name. Life In his early life he devoted himself to the study of philosophy in the school of Plato, but afterwards became one of the disciples of Isocrates, and entered upon public life at a comparatively early age. He was appointed three successive times to the office of manager of the public revenue, and held his office each time for four years, beginning with 337 BC. The conscientiousness with which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus (king Of Sparta)
Lycurgus ( grc-gre, Λυκοῦργος ; 219–217 BC) was a king of Sparta, who reigned from 219 BC until his death shortly before 211 BC. Of obscure background and possibly of non-royal descent, Lycurgus led Sparta in the Social War (220–217 BC), Social War against Macedon with varying success, and underwent multiple exiles during his checkered reign. He also effectively abolished the traditional Spartan diarchy by dethroning his fellow king Agesipolis III and ruling Sparta as its sole monarch. Life In 219 BC, after the death of the exiled king Cleomenes III in Egypt, the Spartans restored their traditional diarchy, installing Cleomenes's underaged grandnephew Agesipolis III as the king from the Agiad dynasty and an obscure Lycurgus as representative of the Eurypontid dynasty. According to the historian Polybius, Lycurgus was not in fact of royal descent, and had made good his claim to the throne by bribing the ephors with one silver talent each. Modern historians have doubted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus Johnson
Lycurgus Johnson (1818-1876) was an American cotton planter and large slaveholder in the Arkansas Delta during the antebellum years. Born to the powerful political and planter Johnson family in Scott County, Kentucky, he became the owner and developer of the Lakeport Plantation in Chicot County, Arkansas. It bordered the west bank of the Mississippi River. Although Johnson declared bankruptcy after the Civil War, he retained his land. After clearing his debts, he re-established his fortune. By 1870 he was the largest cotton producer in Chicot County. In 1874 he was elected to and served as a Democrat in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Early life Lycurgus Johnson was born on Easter Sunday, March 22, 1818, in Scott County, Kentucky, to Joel Johnson and Verlinda (Offut) Johnson.Thomas A. DeBlackLycurgus Leonidas Johnson (1818–1876) ''The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture'', March 23, 2007Thomas A. Black, '"A Model Man of Chicot County": Lycurgus Johnson and Social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus, Iowa
Lycurgus is a rural unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ..., United States. History The first settler in the Lycurgus area was a Mexican War veteran in 1851. In the 1860s, a hotel and store were located in the area. The first post office in Lycurgus was established ''circa'' 1852. It was moved to a hotel/store in 1868. A school was built, of native stone, in 1868. The school operated until consolidation took place in the 1960s.Storla, Madonna (25 November 1987) Wandering to Lycurgus Ridge ''Postville Herald'', p. 1, 6 The area also has long had a Catholic church, dating back to approximately 1860.(7 November 1929)Death Called Father J. Whalen ''Decorah Public Opinion'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
