Lacedaemonians i.e., Spartans.
lots objects used in deciding a matter by chance.
Lycurgus a real or legendary Spartan lawgiver of about the ninth century B.C.
Lydia ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor: it flourished in the sixth and seventh centuries B.C.; conquered by Persians and absorbed into Persian Empire (6th century B.C.).
Lydian, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian ancient Greek musical scales; according to W. J. Baltzell's A Complete History of Music, these were all diatonic scales, all like the "natural minor" scales in modern Western music.
lyre a small stringed instrument of the harp family, used by the ancient Greeks to accompany singers and reciters.
