Lysander was a Spartan admiral and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Sparta during the Peloponnesian War.
Lysander outside the walls of Athens, ordering their destruction. 19th century lithograph.
Encounter between Cyrus the Younger (left), Achaemenid satrap of Asia Minor and son of Darius II, and Spartan admiral Lysander (right) in Sardis. The encounter was related by Xenophon. Francesco Antonio Grue (1618–1673).
The assassination of the exiled Athenian general Alcibiades was organized by Pharnabazes, at the request of Lysander.
The Battle of Aegospotami was a naval confrontation that took place in 405 BC and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, a Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Atheni
Lysander
…and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Sparta during the Peloponnesian War. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian Wars to an end. He then played a key role in Sparta's domination of Greece for…
View across the Hellespont to Aegospotami.