In 407 the Spartans made Lysander the chief general of their forces. Like Alcibiades he was a man of exceptional gifts, but unlike him he renounced all luxury, pleasure and show, unless it served ...

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 ...