015. Lycurgus, the Wolf Worker

EPISODE 15, LYCURGUS, THE WOLF WORKER.Welcome back to the Spartan History Podcast, this time we return to the Spartan narrative and sink our teeth into the most mercurial being of their legend, Lycurgus.A liminal figure, striding over the threshold of the dark and archaic ages, the Spartans of the classical period were unsure of his status, divine or otherwise. An early Delphic oracle was even recorded expressing similar doubts as to his position between the world of man and Olympus. Regardle...