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Last updated on October 5, 2024.
Lycurgus of Sparta

Lycurgus was the quasi-legendary lawgiver of Sparta who established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms promoted the three Spartan virtues: equality, military fitness, and austerity.

800 BC - 730 BC
A fine head of hair adds beauty to a good face, and terror to an ugly one. — © Lycurgus of Sparta
A fine head of hair adds beauty to a good face, and terror to an ugly one.
That city is well fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick.
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