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Lysander (/ l aɪ ˈ s æ n d ər, ˈ l aɪ ˌ s æ n d ər /; 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.
Mar 18, 2016 · Lysander (d. 395 BCE) was a Spartan statesman and general who famously defeated the Athenian navy at the Battle of Aigospotamoi in 405 BCE, which finally won the Peloponnesian War. Lysander gained a reputation for a fiery personality, daring strategies, and a ruthless treatment of prisoners and subject cities.
Lysander is a character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of the four lovers involved in a ‘love quadrangle’ made up of Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia and Helena. Lysander is a young Athenian. He is in love with Hermia, the daughter of Egeus, an Athenian nobleman.
Within the play, Lysander primarily functions as a generic chivalric suitor, a role from medieval tales of romance that Shakespeare pokes fun at. Lysander loves one woman, tries to run away with her, and gets caught up in magical mix-ups before finally returning home to marry his love at last.
Mar 22, 2024 · Lysander was a Greek military and political leader who won the final victory for Sparta in the Peloponnesian War and, at its close, wielded great power throughout Greece. Nothing is known of his early career. In his first year as admiral he won a sea battle off Notium (406) and obtained support of.
Demetrius. An Athenian nobleman who loves Hermia. In many ways, he is the model of a constant lover. He risks death under Athenian law by coming up with the plan to elope into the woods with Hermia, and only strays from his loyalty to Hermia under the influence of the love juice.
Lysander is one of the main characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a comedy by English playwright William Shakespeare. Lysander loves Hermia but her father, Egeus, refuses to let them marry ...
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