. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. ALTHOUGH the ancient accounts of thepersonal history of Lycurgus have manydiscrepancies, and are disputed by mod-ern critics, we give the generally receivedoutline of his career. He is reputed tohave been born about 926 b. c, and to bethe son of king Eunomus. As guardianof his nephew, who had succeeded to thethrone, Lycurgus conducted the affairs ofthe state with great wisdom and probity. Later on, hebecame a traveler, and while visiting the island of Cretethoroughly studied its laws. Thence he passed to AsiaMinor, and view
. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. ALTHOUGH the ancient accounts of thepersonal history of Lycurgus have manydiscrepancies, and are disputed by mod-ern critics, we give the generally receivedoutline of his career. He is reputed tohave been born about 926 b. c, and to bethe son of king Eunomus. As guardianof his nephew, who had succeeded to thethrone, Lycurgus conducted the affairs ofthe state with great wisdom and probity. Later on, hebecame a traveler, and while visiting the island of Cretethoroughly studied its laws. Thence he passed to AsiaMinor, and viewed the Ionian cities, sunk in luxury andeffeminacy. Finding there the poems of Homer, he was soenraptured by their manly and heroic strain that he collectedand transcribed them, and was the first to introduce themfully into Greece. In the meantime Sparta was a prey to civil dissensions,and several deputations were sent to Lycurgus, imploringhim to return and resume the reins of Government. Atlength, after fully maturing the political knowledge whichit had been his p
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