Bajo el signo de Licurgo: el reformismo atávico de Agis IV y Cleómenes III = Under the sign of Lycurgus: the atavistic reformism of Agis IV and Cleomenes III
2016; National University of Distance Education; Issue: 28 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5944/etfii.28.2015.15124
ISSN2340-1370
Autores Tópico(s)Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
ResumoIn this paper we analyze the attempts of reform of the Spartan state by the kings Agis IV and Cleomenes III. With legitimizing purpose, they presented them as an atavistic recovery of the kosmos (order) ascribed to the legendary Lycurgus, which had formed to the citizens in moral virtues and which had settled the glorious past of the city. We conclude that these measures did not attack the roots of the evils corroding the Lacedaimonian polis or significantly transformed the old social, political and economic structures in order to adapt them to the new times, those of the Hellenism.
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