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Meaning of AEGOSPOTAMOS

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 Definition: 
  1. [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)
  2. [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
 
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 Synonyms: Aegospotami, Aegospotami
 
 See Also: brook, creek, naval battle, Peloponnesian War, Republic of Turkey, Turkey

 

 

 

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