Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus
By Plutarch (Sparta)
The legendary lawgiver of Sparta who transformed a turbulent city into the iron discipline of a military brotherhood. Moral focus: Self-discipline, equality of citizens, and the supremacy of duty.
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Lesson 1: The Crown Refused: Loyalty to the Infant King
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Lycurgus
The Crown Refused: Loyalty to the Infant King
The queen mother proposes to kill her unborn child; Lycurgus preserves the baby, presenting him to the Spartans as their true king.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Crown Refused: Loyalty to the Infant King
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Lesson 2: Travels in Crete, Egypt, and Ionia
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Lesson 3: The Delphic Oracle & The Senate of Elders
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Lesson 4: The Redistribution of the Land
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Lesson 5: Iron Currency & The Banishing of Luxury
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Lesson 6: The Common Mess (Syssitia)
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Lesson 7: The Young Rebel Alcander & The Blinded Eye
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Lesson 8: The Agoge: The Spartan Education
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Lesson 9: The Fox and the Spartan Boy
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Lesson 10: The Laconic Word: Brevity and Wit
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Lesson 11: The Solemn Oath at Delphi
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Lesson 12: The Voluntary Death in Exile
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