# Lycurgus — Short Works character guide

> Lycurgus in Short Works by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lycurgus the Lacedaemonian

**First appearance:** 0000-the-enchiridion

## Who they are

Legendary lawgiver of Sparta, referenced as an example of discipline and law.

## In the story

### [Chapter XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters/xliv)

Cited as an example of a 'saviour' who was poor and delivered Greece from slavery, not because he was rich.

### [Chapter XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters/xlv)

Presented as the exemplar who fortified his city (Sparta) with virtue instead of walls, serving as the direct model for the chapter's lesson.

### [Chapter LXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters/lxvii)

Demonstrates forgiveness and social duty by reforming the citizen who maimed him, rather than punishing him.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned as being called a 'god' by the Delphic oracle.

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