Who was the semi-mythical lawgiver credited with establishing the social and political institutions of Sparta, including the Great Rhetra?
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Correct answer: Lycurgus
Lycurgus is the traditional lawgiver credited with the sweeping reforms that shaped Sparta into a militaristic society, including the Great Rhetra (constitutional framework) and the redistribution of land. Historians debate whether he was a historical figure or a later symbolic construct for gradual institutional change.
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