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  Lysander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lysander was one of the Heraclidae, but not a member of the Spartan royal families.
Lysander was put in charge of the Spartan fleet in the Aegean, based at Ephesus (407 BC) when Alcibiades rejoined the Athenian side towards the end of the Peloponnesian War.
Not coming from a wealthy family it is not known how Lysander came to be entrusted with command, but in his first year as admiral (406 BC) he won a sea battle at Notium and obtained support for the Spartan cause from Cyrus the Younger, Persian viceroy and son of the Cyrus the Great.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lysander   (570 words)

  
 The Internet Classics Archive | Lysander by Plutarch
Lysander's father is said to have been Aristoclitus, who was not indeed of the royal family but yet of the stock of the Heraclidae.
Lysander, in indignation, launched at first a few ships only and pursued him, but as soon as he saw the Athenians come to his help, he added some other ships, and, at last, they fell to a set battle together; and Lysander won the victory, and taking fifteen of their ships, erected a trophy.
Lysander, accordingly, coming to Lacedaemon, and going, as the custom is, to the magistrates' office, gave Pharnabazus's letter to the Ephors, being persuaded that the greatest accusation against him was now withdrawn; for Pharnabazus was beloved by the Lacedaemonians, having been the most zealous on their side in the war of all the king's captains.
classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/lysander.html   (4938 words)

  
 LYSANDER - LoveToKnow Article on LYSANDER
But Lysanders boundless influence and ambition, and the superhuman honors paid him, roused the jealousy of the kings and the ephors, and, on being accused by the Persian satrap Pharnabazus, he was recalled to Sparta.
Though chosen to accompany the king to Asia as one of his thirty advisers (o~jsj3ovXot), he was kept inactive and his influence was broken by studied affronts, and finally he was sent at his own request as envoy to the Hellespont.
Lysander invaded Boeotia from the west, receiving the submission of Orchomenus and sacking Lebadea, but the enemy intercepted his despatch to Pausanias, who had meanwhile entered Boeotia from the south, containing plans for a joint attack upon Haliartus.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LY/LYSANDER.htm   (469 words)

  
 Lysander Spooner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887) was an American individualist anarchist political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century.
He is best known for his role in the abolitionist movement to end slavery, competing with the U.S. Post Office, and for his contributions to American individualist anarchism.
Lysander Spooner died in 1887 at the age of 79.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lysander_Spooner   (1250 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 - May 14, 1887) was an American political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century.
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Lysander Spooner (1808 - 1887) was an American individualist anarchist political activist and legal theorist of the 19th century.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lysander-Spooner   (2312 words)

  
 Westland Lysander IIIA
The Lysander pilots and crew, and their special cargo, are now free to talk about some of these missions more than fifty years after they occurred but most of the operational record on this amazing airplane remains tightly locked in official secrecy.
The Lysander could operate comfortably from pastures, fields, and even clearings in the forest and its survival, and the safety of the crews that flew it, and the men and women it carried, depended on this performance.
Lysander was chosen for the P.8, after a Spartan admiral who defeated the Athenian fleet in 405 BC Westland started production and began delivering finished airplanes in 1938.
www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/westland.htm   (1547 words)

  
 The Internet Classics Archive | The Comparison of Lysander with Sylla by Plutarch
That which was common to them both was that they were founders of their own greatness, with this difference, that Lysander had the consent of his fellow-citizens, in times of sober judgment, for the honours he received; nor did he force anything from them against their good-will, nor hold any power contrary to the laws.
Lysander, being employed in the greatest commands and affairs of state, by a sober and well-governed city, may be said to have had repute as the best and most virtuous man, in the best and most virtuous commonwealth.
Lysander, indeed, came off twice victorious in two battles by sea; I shall add to that the siege of Athens, a work of greater fame than difficulty.
classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/l_s_comp.html   (966 words)

  
 Business Wire: Lysander Minerals Corporation and Eastfield Res... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lysander and Eastfield believe the Jajay property has the potential to host a large copper/gold system, and they welcome the participation of one of Canada's most successful mining companies.
It was assembled by Lysander over a period of years and covers substantially all of a large ring-shaped magnetic anomaly (the Jajay Ring).
In past years, exploration and drilling by Lysander and predecessors on and in the general region of the Lorraine zone of the property established considerable areas of copper/gold/silver mineralization.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:133225237&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (846 words)

  
 The Baldwin Project: Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman
Lysander made himself so popular at Ephesus that great regret was felt when he left, and Callicratidas, who succeeded him, although an honorable, generous, high-spirited Greek, was unsuccessful in whatever he attempted.
Lysander took all the Athenian ships except twelve, and finding that at the end of the time he had granted they had not destroyed their walls and harbor, he did it himself.
Lysander's friends would not have his gold and silver sent away, but proposed by way of compromise that it should be considered public treasure, and that to use it for private purposes should be accounted a crime.
www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=kaufman&book=plutarch&story=lysander   (2170 words)

  
 The Baldwin Project: Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland
As soon as Lysander saw that the Athenians ships were unprotected he rowed swiftly to the place where they were lying and captured nearly the whole fleet.
To wound the pride of Athens as much as possible Lysander had the long walls pulled down to the sound of music, and a part of the work was done on the anniversary of the battle of Salamis, a day always celebrated in Athens in memory of her great victory over the Persians.
Lysander's capture of Athens made him so popular in Sparta that for some years he was the [185] real head of the government, and he made up his mind to seize the throne.
www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=haaren&book=greece&story=lysander   (779 words)

  
 Lysander Minerals Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lysander Minerals had some stuff going on in Baja, but appears to be mostly focused on Canadian projects.
Lysander has entered into negotiation with Minera Cougar S.A. de C.V., the Mexican subsidiary of Central Minera Corporation (Formerly Delgratia) to have the right to expend U.S.$50,000 on due diligence investigations and studies.
Lysander initiated sampling and mapping work on the project in November and plans to extend system to the NW.
www.imdex.com /Companies/l/z_Lysander.htm   (251 words)

  
 Hawk 1/48 Lysander Mk II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Lysander was one of the more unusual looking general purpose aircraft to enter active service on either side during WWII.
The Lysander's tailplane could be moved in flight to provide negative insecdence to counteract pitch down of the nose when the slats opened with the flaps extended.
In lightly loaded condition, the Lysander could be airborne and clear a fifty foot obstacle in less than 250 yards; it could land in slightly more than 300 yards.
m2reviews.cnsi.net /reviews/allies/swiftlysander.htm   (946 words)

  
 Lysander, Greece, ancient Greece
Lysanders friendship with the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger gave his army financial support, which helped him defeat the Athenians in 404 BC.
Lysander then constituted the so called thirty Tyrants in order to overthrow the democracy.
Lysander was known as an arrogant man without scruples, which made the Spartan government restore the Athenian democracy against his will.
www.in2greece.com /english/historymyth/history/ancient/lysander.htm   (135 words)

  
 Lysander News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
June 2004: A partnership between Four J’s and Lysander Systems Ltd (Lysander) has resulted in a successful project for a multi-national firm of loss adjusters, due to go live later this month.
The result is a collaboration between Four J’s and Lysander to produce an upgrade from Informix 4GL to Four J’s Genero to build upon 10 years worth of investment into the current system.
Lysander has worked together with Four J’s to create a new system with a GUI interface using Genero, the object-based Unified Development Environment.
www.lysander.co.uk /news.htm   (430 words)

  
 HMS Lysander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Lysander was a 4-gun brig, listed from 1842 to 1844 but with little further information available.
The second Lysander was a Laforey-class destroyer launched in 1913 as Ulysses but renamed a few weeks later, and sold in 1922.
The third Lysander (J379) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1943 as HMCS Hespeler, renamed Cornflower in 1956, and broken up 1957.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Lysander   (155 words)

  
 Lysander Spooner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lysander Spooner (1808 - 1887) was an American political philosopher, abolitionist (A reformer who favors abolishing slavery), and legal theorist of the 19th century (additional info and facts about 19th century).
He is best known for his role in the abolitionist movement to end slavery and for his contributions to the political philosophy of individualist anarchism (additional info and facts about individualist anarchism)
He had influenced a generation of abolitionists and anarchists, including Benjamin Tucker (additional info and facts about Benjamin Tucker) who published Spooner's obituary in the journal Liberty.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/ly/lysander_spooner.htm   (1256 words)

  
 Warbird Alley: Lysander
The Lysander was the first British airplane stationed in France during World War Two but was soon found to be vulnerable because of its relatively slow speed.
The Lysander was built by Westland as an army co-operation aircraft at the request of the RAF.
The Lysander was also built under license in Canada, where 225 were constructed by the end of the war.
www.warbirdalley.com /lysander.htm   (230 words)

  
 Lysander - Plutarch's Lives - translated by John Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough, Book, etext
Lysander’s father is said to have been Aristoclitus, who was not indeed of the royal family, but yet of the stock of the Heraclidæ.
For they are desirous, from the very first, to have their youth susceptible to good and bad repute, to feel pain at disgrace, and exultation at being commended; and anyone who is insensible and unaffected in these respects is thought poor spirited and of no capacity for virtue.
Lysander, accordingly, coming to Lacedæmon, and going, as the custom is, to the magistrates’ office, gave Pharnabazus’s letter to the Ephors, being persuaded that the greatest accusation against him was now withdrawn; for Pharnabazus was beloved by the Lacedæmonians, having been the most zealous on their side in the war of all the king’s captains.
whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au /words/authors/P/Plutarch/prose/plutachslives/lysander.html   (4929 words)

  
 Lysander, NY — Town History
Upon the erection of the civil town of Lysander, when the county was formed, the first town meeting was ordered held at the house of Rial Bingham; but this was not done, and at the first town meeting in Onondaga Hollow the town was not represented.
Neither was it at an adjourned meeting held at the house of Othniel Palmer, in the town of Onondaga on the 19th of August, 1794, but the board in its proceedings established the value of taxable property in the town at 400 pounds and assessed the tax at five pounds.
In Richard Smith's reminiscences it is stated that he had been told that the course followed in the distillery was to run off a pail of whisky during the day, bring it to the store in the evening, and the blow a tin horn to notify their customers that the article was on tap.
web.cortland.edu /woosterk/lys_hist.html   (11198 words)

  
 Lysander Arms Public House, York and Rawcliffe Caravan Park
The Lysander Arms is built on what was once the Clifton Aerodrome, where No. 4 Squadron were the main residents.
The squadron was equipped with the Lysander aircraft until 1942.
The Lysanders were employed in cooperation with army ground forces to carry out reconnaissance work as well as artillery spotting, they were also to patrol in case of invasion and to drop mustard gas.
www.davidnewtoninteractive.co.uk /rawcliffe/lysander.htm   (246 words)

  
 Westland "Lysander III"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It was designed and used initially as a Royal Air Force (RAF) ground support combat aircraft, but by mid-1942, the Lysander's vulnerability to enemy fighters caused its assignment to such duties as target and glider towing, air-sea rescue, and communications.
In 1941-44, Lysander IIIA pilots flying alone delivered or picked up more than 800 agents in France, never knowing whether German soldiers might be waiting at the landing sites.
The Lysander on display was restored to flying condition by Mr.
www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/newold/lys.htm   (261 words)

  
 www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - British Aviation Resource Center - Westland Lysander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The first He 111 to be shot down over BEF territory fell victim to a Lysander's modest armament in Novermber, 1939.
The Lysander quickly developed into a capable multi-role aircraft that was soon involved with close-air support, air/sea rescue and precision supply-drops.
The Lysander IIISCW was designed with an extra fuel tank and a boarding ladder to give access to the lofty cockpit.
www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /BARC/lysander.html   (170 words)

  
 Cloak and Dagger 'Lizzie': Building a Westland Lysander Secret Agent Courier Aircraft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Westland Lysander was originally built to serve in the army cooperation role ­ artillery spotting and light bombing ­ in support of British infantry in the field.
Several Lysander Mark IIIs were modified for this task by having their armament removed and a 150-gallon supplementary fuel tank fitted under the fuselage.
The Lysander's upper surfaces ­ wings, fuselage, and top of each wheel pant ­ were finished in a two-tone camouflage scheme of Forest Green and Medium Gray.
www.squadron.com /old/lysander/lysanderreview.html   (1374 words)

  
 CMF Collection - Westland Lysander Mk III
The Lysander was a two-seat army cooperation airplane, but its wartime duties qualified it for inclusion as a combat type.
The Lysander MkI is powered by an 890 hp Bristol Mercury XII nine-cylinder radial engine and, first went into service in 1938.
Lysanders were replaced by small light planes such as the Piper L-4 Cub.
www.canadianflight.org /collect/col_20.htm   (535 words)

  
 Learn more about Lysander Spooner in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Learn more about Lysander Spooner in the online encyclopedia.
Lysander Spooner (1808 - 1887) was an American legal theorist of the 19th century.
Later known as an early individualist anarchist, Spooner advocated what he called Natural Law -- or the Science of Justice -- wherein acts of actual coercion against individuals were considered "illegal" but the so-called criminal acts that violated only man-made legislation were not.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/ly/lysander_spooner.html   (500 words)

  
 Guides: Spy Fiction Boss Guide (PS2)
Lysander will be firing and throwing grenades; make sure to avoid them throughout this sequence.
To obtain these weapons, you must use the 3DA camera to capture images of Lysander's face and body in Case 5 (across the bridge) and in Case 6 (when he is patrolling the corridor).
Lysander's Golden Butterfly will be part of your arsenal.
guides.ign.com /guides/569631/page_2.html   (424 words)

  
 Lysander Spooner Biography - Chapter 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sorely disappointed by his Ohio prospects, Lysander Spooner sought out another avenue to wealth and freedom in the hear of America's expansive business world, New York City.
As America's cities were smaller then, and agent could personally deliver the letters, while the government required their customers to claim letters at the post office.
Lysander Spooner learned of the Bates subscription through his close friend, Samuel Sewall, a successful Boston businessman.
thegeneralist.net /rights/spoonersite/BIOch4.htm   (1579 words)

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