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LYSANDER Greek general and statesman (? - 395 BC) Lysander when handing over the command of the fleet to Callicratidas, the Spartan, said to him, "I deliver you a fleet that is mistress of the seas."       - see Plutarch's "Life of Lysander" [Navy] When the lion's skin cannot prevail, a little of the fox's must be used.       - [Proverbs] Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the fox's.       - his remark on being told he resorted too much to craft, in Plutarch's "Life of Lyander"         [Deceit : Foxes] Last Revised: 2008 June 30 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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