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Lycurgus, Cfdhe Lawgifver Lycurgus, the great lawgiver of Sparta, is believed to have lived about 900 B. C. Plutarch, author of many stories of Greece and Rome, tells us that when the king of Sparta, a brother of Lycurgus, died, Lycurgus was offered the throne. He declined in favor of his nephew and left Sparta, to travel over some of the more remote countries, studying laws and customs. The- Spartans had always been the most lawless of the Greeks, and under the rule of Lycurgus's nephew, conditions became so serious that when the lawgiver returned from his journey he found all decent government gone from his country and disorder in its place. Lycurgus consulted the oracle at Delphi and, after being assured by the gods, of support in what he proposed to do, he gathered a bodyguard of thirty armed men, entered the public assembly and announced that he had come to end the lawlessness of the land. At first the people were frightened, but after being assured that Lycurgus had no intention of tyrannizing over them, they offered him full support. With their help, he completely reorganized the government, both politically and socially, using, as a foundation, the still- famous Lycurgan laws. When Lycurgus had finished his code, he called an assembly of the people and told them that he was going on a long journey. He asked them to swear that they would obey the laws until he returned. King and countrymen alike took the oath. The lawgiver then went to Delphi where he asked the oracle if his laws were good. Being assured that they were excellent and that they would bring the people great fame, Lycurgus starved himself to death, in order that the oath of obedience to his laws might be made binding for all time. The Spartans kept their promise. For five hundred years their city was one of the chief cities of Greece. The people worshipped Lycurgus as a god, and imputed to him all that was noble in their institutions and excellent in their laws. -Jean Whitelaw. ISI
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