Lycurgus being asked why he, who in other respects appeared to be so zealous for the equal rights of men, did not make his government democratical rather than oligarchical, “Go you,” replied the legislator, “and try a democracy in your own house.
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Lycurgus being asked why he, who in other respects appeared to be so zealous for the equal rights of men, did not make his government democratical rather than oligarchical, “Go you,” replied the legislator, “and try a democracy in your own house.