Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia.

However, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and prefers his daughter to marry a man called Demetrius.

When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, becoming a nun, or marrying Demetrius by the next full moon, she and Lysander run away into the forest near Athens.

There is a party at the end where the Mechanicals perform their play and Hermia and Lysander get married.