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Lysander (other)
Lysander (died 395 BC) was a naval admiral of ancient Sparta. Lysander may also refer to: People * Lysander (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Lysander (Shakespeare), character in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *Lysander Spooner (1808 – 1887), early American entrepreneur and legal theorist * Albert Lysander (1875–1956), Swedish Lutheran priest *Rick Lysander (born 1953), American professional baseball pitcher Military * HMS ''Lysander'', several ships of the British Royal Navy *Westland Lysander, British military aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s Places *Lysander, New York Lysander is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 23,074. The town was named after Lysander, a Spartan military leader, by a clerk interested in the classics. Lying to the northwest of Syr ... Locomotives * GWR 4073 "Castle" Class No.5079 "Lysander" See also * Lysander (boat) * Lysandre (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysander
Lysander (; ; 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. He then played a key role in Sparta's domination of Greece for the next decade until his death at the Battle of Haliartus. Lysander's vision for Sparta differed from most Spartans; he wanted to overthrow the Athenian Empire and replace it with Spartan hegemony. Early life Little is known of Lysander's early life. His year of birth is estimated at 454 BC.Detlef Lotze, ''Lysander und der Peloponnesische Krieg'', Berlin: Akademie (1964), 13 Some ancient authors record that his mother was a helot or slave. Lysander's father was Aristocritus, who was a member of the Spartan Heracleidae; that is, he claimed descent from Heracles but was not a member of a royal family. According to Plutarch, Lysander grew up in poverty and showed himself obedient, conformed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysander (given Name)
Lysander is a masculine given name. Of Greek origin, its meaning is "liberator". The name comprises the elements "lysis" (freedom) and "andros" (man). Notable people with this name *Lysander, naval admiral of ancient Sparta * Albert Lysander (1875–1956), Swedish Lutheran priest; one of the early pioneers of the Swedish High Church movement * Lysander Button (1810–1898), American inventor * Lysander Farrar (1812–1876), New York politician *Lysander Spooner (1808–1887), American political activist and legal theorist Fictional characters *Lysander I and IV, monarchs in the fictional CoDominium universe *Lysander (Shakespeare), character in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *Lysander, a character in the video game Diablo II *Lysander, a Trojan warrior killed by Ajax the Great in Homer's ''Iliad'' *Lysander au Lune, a character introduced in the second book of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series. * Lysandre, the main antagonist in the video games ''Pokémon X and Y'' * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysander (Shakespeare)
Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and prefers his daughter to marry a man called Demetrius Demetrius is the Latinization of names, Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male name, male Greek given names, given name ''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, .... Meanwhile, Hermia's friend Helena has fallen in love with Demetrius. When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, becoming a nun, or marrying Demetrius by the next full moon, she and Lysander run away into the forest near Athens. After Lysander is put under Puck's spell, being mistaken for Demetrius he falls in love with Helena, but Helena loves Demetrius. Eventually, the spell is reversed and Lysander marries Hermia. There is a party at the end where th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition. Spooner was a strong advocate of the labor movement and is politically identified with individualist anarchism.Rosemont, Henry Jr. (2015). ''Against Individualism: A Confucian Rethinking of the Foundations of Morality, Politics, Family, and Religion''. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 78. . His writings contributed to the development of both left-libertarian and right-libertarian political theory. Spooner's writings include the abolitionist book '' The Unconstitutionality of Slavery'' and '' No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority,'' which opposed treason charges against secessionists. He is known for establishing the American Letter Mail Company, which competed with the United States Postal Service. Biography Early life Spoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Lysander
Albert Lysander (1875–1956) was a Swedish Lutheran priest and one of the early pioneers of the Swedish High Church Lutheranism, High Church movement. While travelling in England, he visited the Cowley Fathers, Community of the Resurrection, and in London St Paul's Cathedral and All Saints, Margaret Street. Lysander was parish priest of St Petri, Malmö. In October, 1919, Lysander was the initiator in forming the ''Sodalitium Confessionis Apostolicæ'' (SCA), a moderately high church sodality for priests in Church of Sweden. SCA was founded in influenced of the Oxford Movement as protection against the emerging Liberal Christianity, liberal theology, and to strengthen priestly identity and encourage a renewal of the Church on the apostolic foundation. References ''The Oxford Movement as Received in Sweden'' by Oloph Bexell. The Church Coalition for Bible and Confession – The London Conference 2006 ''The Catholic Movement in the Swedish Church'' by Gunnar Rosendal. * ''Hög ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
