Aegospotamos

Definitions of Aegospotamos

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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)