Lysander

Lysander (d. 395 B.C.), a distinguished Spartan general and diplomatist, who, with the aid of the Persians, succeeded in finally overthrowing the naval supremacy of the Athenians. His first success was the defeat of the Athenian fleet at Notium in 407 B.C. By his victory at AEgos Potami in 405 he brought the Peloponnesian War to a close. This blow was followed by the capture of Athens (404), where he set up the Thirty Tyrants. He lost much of his power after the accession of the Spartan king, Agesilaus (397), and was endeavouring to effect a change in the constitution, by which the monarchy would have become elective, when he was slain in the battle of Haliartus.