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Lysander (/ l aɪ ˈ s æ n d ər, ˈ l aɪ ˌ s æ n d ər /; Ancient Greek: Λύσανδρος Lysandros; c. 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end.
Lysander is a masculine given name. Of Greek origin, its meaning is "liberator". Of Greek origin, its meaning is "liberator". The name comprises the elements "lysis" (freedom) and "andros" (man).
Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and prefers his daughter to marry a man called Demetrius. Meanwhile, Hermia's friend Helena has fallen in love with Demetrius ...
Hermia finds Lysander and asks why he left her, but Lysander claims he never loved Hermia, instead loving Helena. This soon turns into a quarrel between the two ladies, with Helena chiding Hermia for joining in the mockery session, followed by the latter furiously charging at her for stealing her true love's heart and blaming her for the ...
Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 — May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphletist, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition.
Lysandre is a French spelling of the Greek name Lysander, and may refer to: Lysandre, a character in les Amours de Lysandre et Caliste, by Vital d'Audiguier Paris, 1615; Lysandre, a character in Corneille's comedy La Galerie du Palais, 1632; Lysandre, a fictional character and the main antagonist in Pokémon X and Y
Leander, Lysander Leandro is a masculine Italian, Portuguese and Spanish given name . [ 1 ] The name is a variant of two other names: Leander , a character in the Greek myth Hero and Leander , and Lysander , a relative of the Greek name Alexander .
Puck finds Lysander – who is also a youth wearing Athenian clothing – and puts the love potion on Lysander's eyes. When Lysander wakes, he sees Helena first and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Demetrius has also been anointed with the flower and awakes to see Helena, pursued by Lysander, and a fight breaks out between the two young men.