Lycurgus (disambiguation)

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Lycurgus or Lykourgos (Greek: Λυκούργος) is the legendary lawgiver of ancient Sparta.

It may also refer to:

People

  • Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC)
  • 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 N. Phillips (1822–1892), American politician and judge from Maryland
  • 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, Iowa, United States, unincorporated community
  • Lycurgus, New York, a fictional location in the novel An American Tragedy

Other uses

  • Lycurgus (album), a 1975 album by Peter Lang
  • Lycurgus (cicada), a genus of cicadas
  • Lycurgus (volleyball), volleyball club from the Netherlands
  • Lycurgus Cup, a dichroidic goblet
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