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Excerpt from The History of Greece, Vol. 4 Char]. Work of Spartan garrisons was spread over Greece, in order to bind down all elements of resistance, all the forces of the revolution - for it was in this light that the entire democratic movement appeared from the old Spartan point of View. But, if the policy of Sparta was to be thus comprehensively realised, a man was needed such as Lysander was. Without Lysander, the scheme would never have succeeded; for, while at Sparta no thought was taken of what lay beyond the immediate future, he alone had long provided for what had now occurred, and had prepared the measures to be taken after the overthrow of Athens. He was acquainted with the relations of parties in all the towns of Greece he knew the party-leaders who were the right men for introduction into the oligarchical governing commissions; he had incited them to enter into closer combinations with one another, and had accustomed them to look to him for their instructions, and to him for their advancement to power and honours. Lysander acted in the name of his native city, in the spirit of her policy, and, as we are ex pressly informed, under orders from the Ephors; but all measures bore the character impressed upon them by himself; and his influence was of so personal a nature, that it could not be shared with any other man. Upon the person of Lysander depended the absolute dominion which Sparta for the moment possessed but herein also lay the germ of its weakness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however,