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Lycurgus wounded by Alcander during a riot
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Lycurgus shows the wound to his eye that the young Alcander inflicted on him with a stick, just before Lycurgus fled to a temple. The Spartans react, despite their anger over the new law for the rich, with horror. In the lower margin five lines of French text with a description of the scene and mention of the source of this legend: Plutarch.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLicurgus verwond door Alcander tijdens oproer. 1760 - 1776. Gilles Demarteau. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
