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Lysander
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Lysander Lysander (died 395 B.C.) was a Spartan military commander and statesman...establishing a Spartan administration in the conquered territories. Lysander son of Aristocritus, was appointed naval commander in 407 B.C...
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Midsummer Night's Dream, A
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...Demetrius, refuses, because she loves Lysander, while Demetrius has formerly professed...death or enter a nunnery. Hermia and Lysander agree to leave Athens secretly in order...him when he does it. Puck, mistaking Lysander for Demetrius, applies the charm to...
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Agesilaus II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...but the powerful military commander Lysander contrived to have Agis's son disqualified...Agesilaus's election as king about 399. Lysander hoped to exploit the lame and inexperienced...king asserted his power and dismissed Lysander from service. Agesilaus's first command...
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Peloponnesian War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Cyzicus (410). The new Spartan admiral, Lysander , built (407) a fleet with Persian...declined an offer of peace. The next year Lysander wiped out the Athenian navy (at Aegospotamos...besieged Athens, which capitulated in 404. Lysander installed an oligarchic government...
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Alcibiades
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Cyzicus, and later recovered (408) Byzantium. However, Lysander, a new Spartan commander, defeated the Athenian fleet at...Spartans, but his advice was ignored. In 404 at the behest of Lysander, the Persian satrap Pharnabazus had Alcibiades murdered.
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Aegospotamos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...occurred the culminating battle of the Peloponnesian War . Lysander and his Spartan fleet had come north to cut the grain supply...Alcibiades , Conon and his men did not take proper precautions. Lysander fell upon them and completely destroyed the Athenian fleet...
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photographic reconnaissance
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...defences. The RAF also adapted armed single-engined fighters for low-level reconnaissance in preference to the vulnerable Lysander light aircraft with which it entered the war. The RAF eventually established a separate PR group, for strategic reconnaissance...
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Thirty Tyrants
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thirty Tyrants oligarchy of ancient Athens (404-403 BC). It was created by Lysander under Spartan auspices after the Peloponnesian War. Critias and Theramenes were prominent members. It was overthrown at Piraeus (now Piraiévs) by Thrasybulus .
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air-sea rescue
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...Channel. In March 1940 the British established a unified system of communications which enabled fast RAF launches, or Army Lysander light aircraft with survival equipment, to reach a downed crew quickly, but liaison between the services was initially poor...
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Agis IV
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Though his altruism gained him support among the younger men, vested interests opposed him. Nonetheless, Agis and his friend Lysander, one of the ephors, pushed his proposals through the assembly after deposing the other of Sparta's dual kings, Leonidas...
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