AEGOSPOTAMI - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: 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
Meaning 2
Part of speech: 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
Aegospotamos, Aegospotami