...Alexander,
And some of Hercules
Of Hector and Lysander
And such great names as these...

I bet you all know who the first three were: the great Macedonian conqueror; the super-strong Greek demigod; the eldst son of Priam and chief Trojan general during the Siege of Troy in the Iliad &c, killed, by treachery in some versions, by Achilles & his Myrmidons and dragged behind his chariot round the walls of Troy...

But Lysander, now? Bet you can't say who he was. I can, coz just looked him up on Wikipedia; but confess I didn't know who he was when I woke this morning!

Who else can you think of whose name you have always known by reference in song, or legend, or whatever, but don't really know who they were?

≈Michael≈