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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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

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