Aegospotami

[ ee-guhs-pot-uh-mahy ]

noun

1. a river in ancient Thrace, flowing into the Hellespont: near its mouth the Athenian fleet was defeated by Lysander, 405 b.c., in the last battle of the Peloponnesian War.

Aegospotami

/ ˌiːɡəsˈpɒtəˌmaɪ /

noun

1. a river of ancient Thrace that flowed into the Hellespont. At its mouth the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians in 405 bc , ending the Peloponnesian War

Example Sentences

Sparta had only Sestos and Abydos of all that she had won by the battle of Aegospotami.

From Project Gutenberg