Aegospotami

Aegospotami

(ˌiːɡəsˈpɒtəˌmaɪ) n (Placename) a river of ancient Thrace that flowed into the Hellespont. At its mouth the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians in 405 bc, ending the Peloponnesian War

Ae•gos•pot•a•mi

(ˌi gəsˈpɒt əˌmaɪ)

n. a river in ancient Thrace, flowing into the Hellespont.

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Noun	1.	Aegospotami - 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 WarAegospotamosRepublic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
	2.	Aegospotami - 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)AegospotamosPeloponnesian War - a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC