The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) was an ancient Greek war led by Athens against the Peloponnese led by Sparta. Thucydides states that the war began "because the Spartans were afraid of further growth of Athenian power, given that they had most of Greece under Athenian control." The two main protagonists on opposing sides, Lysander and Alcibiades, had the most influential impact on the end of the war. Lysander was appointed Spartan navarch for the Aegean in 407 and began the great project of creating a strong Spartan fleet capable of confronting the Athenians. and their allies. Lysander gathered 70 triremes and took them to Ephesus; Lysander set up camp there and ordered the merchant ships to land their cargoes there, thus reviving the commercial and commercial life of Ephesus with profit and hope. Lysander persuaded Cyrus, the great king's son, to help the Spartans finance an increase in sailors' pay, thereby incentivizing sailors serving in the Athenian fleet to join the better-paid Spartan fleet. “I urge you to add a penny to the sailors' pay, so that instead of threepence they may now receive fourpence.” When Alcibiades, the Athenian commander, challenged Lysander to battle, he refused to ensure that his troops were in good condition. When Alcibiades left his fleet at Notium to seek funds, the Athenian squadron was placed under the command of Antiochus. During the time Alcibiades was away, Lysander managed to engage the Athenian fleet, resulting in the loss of several ships and the death of Antiochus. This defeat allowed Lysander to gain supporters among the cities subject to Athens by promising to inculcate decemvirates. Lysander sailed to various cities and ordered all the Athenians to go there...... middle of paper ......th' Great Peloponnesian War In the novel, as it ends in the middle of a sentence, there is much uncertainty as to whether he intended to revise sections he had already written. Much like Thucydides, Plutarch's "parallel lives" was an entirely subjective interpretation as he manipulated his material to fit his worldview of life as a battle between good and evil. He also tailored quotes to his needs and focused on character and not events in making moral judgments. . The analysis of history generally presents itself as a subjective work to the extent that interpretations and judgments are presented in the works. The story is best understood as a literary work rather than an objective account of historical events, which embodies the words of W.R. Connor who described Thucydides as "an artist who skillfully responds to, selects and arranges his material and develops its symbolic and emotional ».”.