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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.
The Westland Lysander is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft that was used immediately before and during the Second World War.. After becoming obsolete in the army co-operation role, the aircraft's short-field performance enabled clandestine missions using small, improvised airstrips behind enemy lines to place or recover agents, particularly in ...
Lysander, a Trojan warrior killed by Ajax the Great in Homer's Iliad; Lysander au Lune, a character introduced in the second book of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series. Lysandre, the main antagonist in the video games Pokémon X and Y; Lysander Scamander, son of Luna Lovegood and Rolph Scamander in the Harry Potter series
In 407 BC, Lysander was appointed as navarch, commander of the Spartan fleet, replacing the deceased Mindarus.Gathering a fleet as he went, he sailed east across the Aegean from the Peloponnese and eventually reached Ephesus, where he established his base, with 70 triremes, which he increased to 90 through shipbuilding efforts at Ephesus.
Unwilling to wait for Pausanias to arrive, Lysander marched his army up to the walls of Haliartus. When an attempt to take the city by subversion failed, he launched an assault on the walls. A sizable Theban force, however, was located nearby, perhaps unbeknownst to Lysander. This force hurried to the assistance of the city's defenders.
Parides lysander, the Lysander cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm . The larvae feed on Aristolochia species including A. huberiana , A. sprucei , A. littoralis , A. ruiziana , and A. leuconeura .
The later part of the Peloponnesian War was dominated by Lysander, a talented general from the entourage of the Eurypontids.Thanks to his naval victories against Athens in the Aegean Sea, Lysander built a network of friendships with puppet oligarchies and the Persian prince Cyrus, which even overshadowed the Spartan kings. [10]
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