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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Aegospotami

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

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

We are liege subjects of the catholic chivalry of Europe that foundered at Trafalgar and of the empire of the spirit, not an imperium, that went under with the Athenian fleets at Aegospotami.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

The next year, in the archonship of Alexias, they suffered the disaster of Aegospotami, the consequence of which was that Lysander became master of the city, and set up the Thirty as its governors.

From The Athenian Constitution by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

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.

From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive

He died the year before Aegospotami, at the court of Archelaus of Macedon.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth