Aegospotami

American

[ee-guhs-pot-uh-mahy] / ˌi gəsˈpɒt əˌmaɪ /

noun

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 British

/ ˌiːɡəsˈpɒtəˌmaɪ /

noun

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

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On the north side of the Sacred Way, close to the main entrance, stood the offering dedicated by the Lacedaemonians after the battle of Aegospotami.

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Meanwhile Lysander had gained the battle of Aegospotami and Sparta was supreme in the Greek world.

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He cultivated the friendship of the Athenians, and after the defeat of Conon at Aegospotami he afforded him refuge and hospitality.

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Some eighteen months earlier—towards the end of 413 B.C.—had come news of the most stunning disaster that was to befall Athens till the final catastrophe at Aegospotami.

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Athens must never permit, if she could help it, the re-establishment of such a domination as Sparta exercised in Greece from the battle of Aegospotami to the battle of Leuctra.

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