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Lycurgus of Arcadia

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In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος, romanized: Lykoûrgos), also Lykurgos, was a king of Tegea in Arcadia.

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A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“for that he fought not with bow or long spear, but with a mace of iron brake the battalions. Him Lycurgus slew by guile and nowise by might, in a narrow way, where his mace of iron saved him not from destruction. For ere that might be Lycurgus came upon him at unawares”
Il. 7.140–144

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and pierced him through the middle with his spear, and backward was he hurled upon the earth; and Lycurgus despoiled him of the armour that brazen Ares had given him. This armour he thereafter wore himself amid the turmoil of Ares, but when Lycurgus grew old within his halls
Il. 7.149

Il. 7.149

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