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Definition of Lysander
1. Noun. Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lysander
Literary usage of Lysander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"lysander takes possession of Athens. Destruction of the long walls, &e. § 6. ...
Jealousy of the Grecian states towards Sparta and lysander. § 14. ..."
2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1859)
"lysander gains a celebrated victory over the Athenians at ... to demand that the
command of the fleet should again be given to lysander, with the promise of ..."
3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"For this reason they made choice of lysander, and gave him the command of the fleet.
When he arrived at Ephesus, he found, the city very well disposed in ..."
4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"Alleged Corruption of the Athenian Commanders — lysander blockades Athens. ...
The Athenian crews appear to have been thinned, as lysander predicted, ..."
5. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1860)
"Alleged Corruption of 'the Athenian Commanders — lysander blockades Athens. ...
The Athenian crews appear to have been thinned, as lysander predicted, ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... to the Sentiments of the Tribunes who headed the Legions, and who were, for
Sarsfield. the most Part, of lysander s Resolution, to continue the Warr. ..."
7. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne (1857)
"This, then, lysander and he have in common, that they were entirely indebted ...
But lysander has this advantage, that the high offices he gained were with ..."
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