# Lysander — WHE Definition Discussion
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**Created:** [March 18, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/lysander-whe-definition-discussion/5624 "2016-03-18T09:56:47Z")
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### Author:  [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/lysander-whe-definition-discussion/5624/1 "2016-03-18T09:56:47Z")
Lysander (d. 395 BCE) was a Spartan statesman and general who famously defeated the Athenian navy at the Battle of Aigospotamoi in 405 BCE, which finally won the Peloponnesian War. Lysander gained a reputation for a fiery personality, daring strategies, and a ruthless treatment of prisoners and subject cities. The Spartan's harsh policies in wider Greece in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War ultimately brought his downfall. Unpopular at home and across Greece, he was killed by a Theban force in 395 BCE in the first year of the Corinthian Wars. Lysander is the subject of one of Plutarch's _Lives_ biographies.
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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Lysander/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Lysander/)._
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### Author:  [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/lysander-whe-definition-discussion/5624/2 "2026-07-29T01:12:52Z")