'''Lysander''' (d. 395 B.C.) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[general]] in the service of [[Sparta]]; as a leader in the [[Peloponnesian War]], he defeated the forces of [[Athens]] in several [[navy|naval]] battles. Eventually forces lead by him conquered the city of Athens, successfully installing Sparta as the leading city-state in the Greek peninsula. | '''Lysander''' (d. 395 B.C.) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[general]] in the service of [[Sparta]]; as a leader in the [[Peloponnesian War]], he defeated the forces of [[Athens]] in several [[navy|naval]] battles. Eventually forces lead by him conquered the city of Athens, successfully installing Sparta as the leading city-state in the Greek peninsula. |