 According to Aeschines Socraticus, Lysicles lived with Aspasia after Pericles's death and had a son with her.Aeschines Socraticus is said to have credited Aspasia with all of Lysicles's political success.During the Peloponnesian War Lysicles was one of the "hawks"; he was convinced that the war against Sparta, which could not conceal its envy of Athens' pre-eminence, was inevitable if not to be welcomed.