Lycurgus facts for kids

Lycurgus or Lykourgos (Greek: Λυκούργος) may refer to:

People

• Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC)
• Lycurgus (lawgiver) (eighth century BC), creator of constitution of Sparta
• Lycurgus of Athens (fourth century BC), one of the 'ten notable orators' at Athens
• Lykourgos Logothetis (1772–1850), leader of Samos in the Greek War of Independence
• Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician
• Lycurgus J. Rusk (1851–1928), American politician
• Lycurgus Conner (1909–1963), American politician
• George Lycurgus (1858–1960), Greek–American businessman and Hawaiian royalist

Mythology

• Lycurgus (mythology), name of mythological characters named Lycurgus
• Lycurgus of Arcadia, king
• Lycurgus (of Nemea), son of Pheres
• Lycurgus of Thrace, king, opponent of Dionysus
• Lycomedes or Lycurgus, in Homer
• Lycurgus, son of Pronax
• Lycurgus, son of Heracles by Toxicrate, daughter of Thespius
• Lycurgus, a suitor of Hippodamia of Pisa

Places

• Lycurgus, Iowa, United States, unincorporated community
• Lycurgus, New York, a fictional location in the novel An American Tragedy

Other uses

• Lycurgus (album), a 1975 album by Peter Lang
• Lycurgus (cicada), a genus of cicadas
• Lycurgus (volleyball), volleyball club from the Netherlands
• Lycurgus Cup, a dichroidic goblet

See also

In Spanish: Licurgo para niños