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Leucippus

Leucippus was one of the Pre-Socratic philosophers who developed the atomist theory, which explained that all matter is made up of indivisible particles.

Loki - Norse Trickster God

Loki was the Norse trickster god and a buncle of contradictions.

Lucius Verus

Lucius Verus (born December 15, A.D. 130, Lucius Ceionius Commodus) was younger brother by adoption and son-in-law of Marcus Aurelius as well as his co-emperor.

Leonidas King of Sparta

Glossary entry on Leonidas and the Battle at Thermopylae.

Lucullus

Plutarch's life of Lucullus.

Lycurgus

Lycurgus, a man shrouded in legend, is held to be Sparta's lawgiver. Herodotus says the Spartans thought his laws came from Crete. Xenophon thought Lycurgus made them up, while Plato thought the Delphic Oracle provided them.

Lycurgus

Plutarch's life of Lycurgus.

Lysander

Spartan general Lysander put an end to the Peloponnesian War.