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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 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 ...
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
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 (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name; Lysander (Shakespeare), character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; Lysander Spooner (1808 – 1887), early American entrepreneur and legal theorist; Albert Lysander (1875–1956), Swedish Lutheran priest; Rick Lysander (born 1953), American professional ...
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
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.
Lysander and King Agis were for total destruction as were Sparta's leading allies Corinth and Thebes. However, a more moderate faction led by Pausanias gained the upper hand. Athens was spared but her long walls and the fortifications of Piraeus were demolished. Lysander did manage to insert the significant condition that Athens recall her exiles.