Aegospotami

[ee-guhs-pot-uh-mahy]

noun

a river in ancient Thrace, flowing into the Hellespont: near its mouth the Athenian fleet was defeated by Lysander, 405 b.c., in the last battle of the Peloponnesian War.

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Aegospotami (ˌiːɡəsˈpɒtəˌmaɪ)

—n
	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

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