Unidentified portrait, the so-called Lycurgus
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Unidentified portrait, the so-called Lycurgus
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Published 2019-06-13T15:00:57+00:00
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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 (among citizens), military fitness, and austerity.
He is referred to by ancient historians and philosophers Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, and Epictetus. It is not clear if Lycurgus was an actual historical figure; however, many ancient historians believed that he instituted the communalistic and militaristic reforms – most notably the Great Rhetra – which transformed Spartan society.
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| Date published | 13/06/2019 |
| Complexity | Medium |
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| Title | Unidentified portrait, the so-called Lycurgus |
| Date | 1st Century AD (copy) |
| Accession | 6132 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Copy of a Greek original of the second half of the 4th Century BC |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli |
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