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Lycurgus (/ l aɪ ˈ k ɜːr ɡ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykourgos) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, credited with the formation of its eunomia (' good order '), [1] involving political, economic, and social reforms to produce a military-oriented Spartan society in accordance with the Delphic oracle.
The dialogue uses primarily the Athenian and Spartan (Lacedaemonian) law systems as background for pinpointing a choice of laws, which the speakers imagine as a more or less coherent set for the new city they are talking about. The tenth book of the Laws most famously discusses the priority of soul: both explanatory priority and ontological ...
Battus was born on the Greek island of Thera.What is known of Battus’ family background is from the Greek historian Herodotus.His father, Polymnestus, was a Therean nobleman; Herodotus reports that the Cyrenes identify his mother as Phronima, daughter of Etearchus or Eteachos by his first wife, was King of Oaxus (a city on the Greek island of Crete).
Timycha of Sparta (Greek: Τιμύχα Λακεδαιμονία; early 4th century BC), [1] was a Pythagorean philosopher mentioned by Iamblichus in his Life of Pythagoras: . The temperance also of those men, and how Pythagoras taught this virtue, may be learnt from what Hippobotus and Neanthes narrate of Myllias and Timycha who were Pythagoreans.
Ecdicus (Ancient Greek: Ἔκδικος), Diodorus Siculus called him Eudocimus (Εὐδόκιμος), [1] was a Lacedaemonian general. During the Corinthian War, he was sent with eight ships to Rhodes in order to assist oligarchs exiled from the island against the democratic party at 391 BC.
“You have my whole heart. You always did. You’re the best guy. You always were.” ― Cormac McCarthy, “The Road” “Dad is, and always will be, my living, breathing superhero.”
The family of his father, Cleinias, [3] had old connections with the Spartan aristocracy through a relationship of xenia, and the name "Alcibiades" was of Spartan origin. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Alcibiades' mother was Deinomache , the daughter of Megacles , head of the powerful Alcmaeonid family, and could trace her family back to Eurysaces and the ...
Father's Day is not the only reason to celebrate dads, but it sure acts as a reminder. You could probably list a bunch of reasons why your own dad is the best in the game. Whether that be his ...