aegospotamos | ||
1. | [ noun ] (geography) a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War | |
Synonyms: | aegospotami | |
Related terms: | brook Turkey | |
2. | [ noun ] (military,antiquity) a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC) | |
Synonyms: | Aegospotami | |
Related terms: | naval_battle Turkey Peloponnesian_War | |
Similar spelling: |
Aegospotami |