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Lycurgus
(Ly¦cur|gus)
Pronunciation:
/lʌɪˈkəːgəs/
(
9th century
bc
)
, Spartan lawgiver. He is traditionally held to have been the founder of the constitution and military regime of ancient Sparta.
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