Lycurgus quotes

Lycurgus was a legendary lawgiver of ancient Sparta, traditionally credited with establishing its military-oriented reformation and social structure. His reforms shaped Sparta into one of the most powerful and disciplined city-states in ancient Greece. He remains a symbol of wisdom, discipline, and austere leadership. Here is 1 of his quotes:

I will not bring dishonor on my sacred arms nor will I abandon my comrade wherever I shall be stationed. I will defend the rights of gods and men and will not leave my country smaller, when I die, but greater and better, so far as I am able by myself and with the help of all. I will respect the rulers of the time duly and the existing ordinances duly and all others which may be established in the future. And if anyone seeks to destroy the ordinances I will oppose him so far as I am able by myself and with the help of all. I will honor the cults of my fathers. Witnesses to this shall be the gods Agraulus, Hestia, Enyo, Enyalius, Ares, Athena the Warrior, Zeus, Thallo, Auxo, Hegemone, Heracles, and the boundaries of my native land, wheat, barley, vines, olive-trees, fig-trees... (Lycurgus)

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Lycurgus

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Born: 390 BC
Died: 324 BC
Quotes count: 1
Wikipedia: Lycurgus