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Humanities/ Plutarch's Lives Quiz
Why does Lycurgus go to Delphi? What ends up happening there? | Lycurgus goes to Delphi to make sure the government is as good as it could be. He ends his life there |
Why does Lycurgus make this decision at Delphi? | So Sparta will stay the same; he thought of it as a virtue |
According to Plutarch, what is the role of obedience in Spartan society? | Sparta soldiers obey there leaders; the leaders' reward of obedience was high; good state/ obedient men |
In the last two paragraphs, what does Plutarch praise Lycurgus for? | He was the best governor in Sparta; the gods favor him by the lightening bolt; how Lycurgus dies/ starving himself |
to strengthen or support | corroborate, n |
to regard as arising from a particular cause, source, or agent | attribute, n |
to guess | conjecture, v |
the quality of being old or ancient | antiquity, n |
going beyond what is right or proper | presumptuous, adj |
obstruct the progress of | impede, v |
practicing or marked by economy | frugal, n |
to improve by correcting errors | reform, v |
to make a judgment about | assess, v |
the group of elders; combination of 3 things: 1. mixed monarchy (2 Kings) 2. oligarchy (28 elders) 3. democracy (the assembly) | 1st reform |
redistribution of the land; accompanied by monetary reform-iron instead of gold or silver- and the expulsion crafts | 2nd reform |
institution of common messes | 3rd reform |
three schemes 1. there is to be no written law 2. only areas as a saws to be used in constructing a house 3. ban on repeated campaigns on the same luxury | 4th reform |