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Aegospotamos

DEFINITIONS OF: Aegospotamos

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n 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
Example of:
naval battle
a pitched battle between naval fleets

n 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
Example of:
brook, creek
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
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