# Lycurgus — What Is Property? character guide

> Lycurgus in What Is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-what-is-property

## Who they are

Spartan lawgiver cited in discussions of equality.

## In the story

### [§ 2 Characteristics of Communism and of Property](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/part-ii-2)

Mentioned for his communistic system that employed Helots.

### [Second Memoir: A Letter to M. Blanqui](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/second-memoir-a-letter-to-m-blanqui)

Spartan legislator cited as an example of abolishing debts and property to achieve equality.

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