LYCURGUS
Vishavjit Singh
3103883
January 26th, 2018
Lycurgus – Spartan Lawgiver
The First
source of my
information is from
Britannica encyclopedia Domain. which
is published by
and written by
the editors of
the Encyclopedia Britannica, incorporation which
is a general
knowledge English language
encyclopedia. which is written
by about 100
full time editors and
more than 4000
contributors. which gives information
about Lycurgus traditionally, the lawgiver
who founded most
of the institutions
of ancient Sparta. Scholars have
been unable to
determine conclusively whether
Lycurgus was a
historical person and if
did exist, was first mentioned by Greek writer
Herodotus(5th century BC) claiming that
Lycurgus belonged to
Sparta’s Agade House. These
editors are various
individuals who have
contributed to the
article or subjects
in the years
of past and
present time. From this
article we can
get a clear
description about the
Lycurgus which is easy
to understand as
a general public. there
is no such
information that tells
us whether the
article is peer
reviewed or not.
The second
source of information
is written by
Plutarch on the
life of Lycurgus
published in Vol – I
of the Loeb
classical Library edition, 1914
the webpage reproduces
on the Parallel
Lives by Plutarch. who
was a Greek
Roman biographer and
a philosopher as
well. when he became
the Roman citizen
was named as
Lucius Mestrius Plutarch’s
known primarily for
his parallel lives
and Morelia. he is
classified as middle
Platonist. I got this
information from penelope.uchicago.edu which has
been carefully proofread
as told by
the blogger. from parallel
lives of Plutarch
he explains that
nothing can be
said which is
not disputed, as there
are different accounts
of his birth, travels, his death, his
work as a
lawmaker and statesman; and there
is least agreement
among historians as
to the times
in which the
man lived. there is
nothing mentioned about
the article whether
it is peer
viewed by experts
of this field or not.
Another article
is from thoughtco.com which is
posted by Mr. NS Gill
on the Lycurgus
rise of power
in Sparta. is a freelance writer who has
a longtime
focus on the world of classics.
Experience. In addition to writing
articles on ancient history and classics for About.com,
N.S. has been interviewed by a Public Radio
channel and National Geographic on Valentine’s Day and
the Roman calendar. Plutarch tells the
story of Lycurgus
as if he had been a real person, albeit an eleventh-generation
descendant of Hercules, since the Greeks generally ascribed genealogy that went
back to the
gods when writing about important
figures. she is
expert in the
field of ancient
history which tells
us that she
has peer reviewed
the article herself
before posting in her
website thoughtco.com.
Third source
of article is
from forbes.com by
David Bahr is
who is an
contributor at Forbes. the media relations manager for the R Street Institute, a free-market-leaning think tank
based in Washington, D.C. who make up
the Western canon. The primary source through
which we learn of
Lycurgus and the
founding of Sparta is
Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Grecians
and Romans. Plutarch, famous for his
biographies on ancient luminaries. this one
article the Forbes
magazine tells about
Plutarch who wrote
about the Lycurgus
in ancient history and
his lifestyle. By searching
further about this
article i come to
know that this article is
not reviewed.
The
fourth article on
Lycurgus is from
Duhaime.org which was published
on 15 October, 2007 and then
updated by Lloyd
Duhaime Barrister, Solicitor,
Attorney and Lawyer. by using the
references of Cartledge, P., Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (2007) Duhaime, Lloyd, Duhaime’s
Timetable of World Legal History and The
Law’s Hall of
Fame. MacDowell, D., Spartan Law (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press,
1986).Image of relief on the wall of
the chamber of the US House of Representatives with the inscription: “Semi mythical Greek legislator; traditional author of laws and institution of Sparta”. Giving in brief
information about Lycurgus about
giving the boost
to democracy in
Sparta. And his lifespan from
800 BC to 630 BC. He was the
leader of military
Greece city state
of Sparta in
the southern part
of Greece in 730
BC exact
date was the
matter of controversy
among the Historians. this article
seems to be peer reviewed
as it holds
references of many
experts in the
field of ancient
history.
The
fifth article is
from Greekboston.com. The name
of the author
who write this
article is not
given in the
website. tells us about the
who he was. most
of the information
is based on the works
of Plutarch’s “The
life of Lycurgus” although
there is debate
on his writings
about Lycurgus if
he work was
his work based
on fiction or if
he did exist. this
article based on
Lycurgus is not
peer reviewed by
anyone. and only few information
is given in
the oxford dictionary
about Lycurgus.
Lycurgus – Bibliography
Encyclopedia Britannica. Lycurgus: Spartan Lawgiver.
Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lycurgus-Spartan-lawgiver
Bill Thayer. Plutarch: The Parallel
Lives. penelope.uchicago.edu
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/plutarch/lives/lycurgus*.html
NS, Gill. Lycurgus:
lawgiver of Sparta. thoughco.com
https://www.thoughtco.com/ns-gill-111288
David Bahr. How
Sparta became Spartan:
Plutarch’s Life of
Lycurgus. forbes.com
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbahr1/2017/06/30/how-sparta-became-spartan-plutarchs-life-of-lycurgus/#2c1e43102757
Greek Boston. All
about Lycurgus of ancient Sparta.
Greekboston.com
www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/lycurgus/
