Aegospotami

American  

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

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.

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Aegospotami British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

In 405 BCE, the new Spartan fleet destroyed the Athenian navy at the Battle of Aegospotami in the Hellespont.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

The fourth and final period begins after the overthrow of the Athenians at Syracuse, and ends, nine years afterwards, with their final defeat at Aegospotami, and the downfall of the Athenian empire.

From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various