Lysander grew up in a poverty stricken family. He fell into the social class Mothax (an inferior class that gave its members a way to gain full citizenship). Regardless of this classification, Lysander earned his full citizenship through valorous conduct. (Demetrios Xanthippos, http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Post/152425) Despite this poverty, he was still raised to the values of his society. The Laconian education instilled ambition and passion into his character. However his natural personality was responsible for most of this. Surprisingly, Lysander dealt with poverty very well and was not corrupted by wealth. (Plutarch Notes: Lysander, Page 1)

At this time, The Peloponnesian war had been going on for quite sometime. After a huge defeat in Sicily by the Spartans, the Athenians worried that their “mastery of the sea” title was slowly diminishing. In order to combat this problem, the Athenians instated Alcibiades to command their naval fleets. With Alcibiades help, the At

After a brief stay at home, Lysander was back sailing the sea. Once Lysander saw the Athenians setting upon their thirty rulers and overpowering them, Lysander came home in haste. Lysander immediately tried to persuade the Lacedaemonians to support the cause and help with man-power. The Lacedaemonians sent a hundred ships to face the Athenians and make Lysander the general. But the kings grew envious of Lysander and decided one of them would be better fit for the job. Pausanias was assigned the job and did very well at first; until the Athenians rebelled again. Upon Pausanias’s failure, “Lysander regained the reputation of a person who employed his command not in gratification of others, not for applause, but strictly for the good of Sparta.”(Plutarch Notes: Lysander, Page 10-11)

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