Plutarch. Le vite di Licurgo e di Numa, 1980 t.p. (Licurgo) p. 12 (Lykourgos)
Enc. brit. 15th ed. (Lycurgus; trad. lawgiver who founded most of the institutions of ancient Sparta; scholars unable to determine conclusively whether he was a historical person)
Collier's (Lycurgus; semimythical lawgiver of Sparta; may have lived in 9th or 8th cent. B.C.)
Oxford classical dict. (Lycurgus; traditional founder of the Sparta Constitution)