aegospotami

Noun (2)

1. 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 WarSynonyms: AegospotamosInstance of brook, creekPart of Turkey, Republic of Turkey
2. a naval battle in the mouth of a river in Thrace where the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)Synonyms: AegospotamosInstance of naval battlePart of Peloponnesian War