Xenophon observed that Spartan society, under the laws of Lycurgus, required its citizens to engage in rigorous physical training ... “Lycurgus had also observed the effects of the same rations on ...
Lycurgus found himself in a difficult position when trying to impose his new laws on the state (the Great Clause), with the aim of ensuring that by the time a Spartan citizen reached the age of thirty, he would have full political rights.
Sculpture of Lycurgus, supposed founder of the Olympic Games... One very prominent figure from early Greek history is Lycurgus of Sparta ... According to Plutarch, Aristotle believed that Lycurgus was associated with the first Olympic Games.