Lysias (disambiguation)

Lysias (disambiguation)

Lysias can refer to several peoples.

* Lysias (born ca. 440 BC; died ca. 380 BC), an Attic orator.
* Lysias (Syrian chancellor), chancellor of the Seleucid Empire, enemy of the Maccabees.
* Claudius Lysias, a figure mentioned in the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles.


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