AEGOSPOTAMI

Meaning of AEGOSPOTAMI in English

/ee'geuhs pot"euh muy'/ , n.

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 — or Aegospotamos geographical name river & town of ancient Thrace in the Chersonese
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AEGOSPOTAMI — geographical name or Ae·gos·pot·a·mos -məs river & town of ancient Thrace in the Chersonese
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AEGOSPOTAMI — Pronunciation: ˌ ē -g ə - ' spä-t ə - ˌ m ī Variant: or Ae · gos · pot …
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AEGOSPOTAMI, BATTLE OF — (405 BC) Naval victory of Sparta over Athens in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War . The Spartans under …
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AEGOSPOTAMI, BATTLE OF — (405 BC), naval victory of Sparta over Athens, final battle of the Peloponnesian War. The fleets of the two Greek …
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AEGOSPOTAMI, BATTLE OF — (405 BC) Naval victory of Sparta over Athens in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War . The Spartans under …
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AEGOSPOTAMOS — geographical name see: Aegospotami
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BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
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ALCIBIADES — born с 450 BC, Athens died 404, Phrygia Athenian politician and commander. Pericles was his guardian, his father having died …
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AEGOSPOTAMOS — see Aegospotami
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PELOPONNESIAN WAR — (431404 BC), war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. Each stood at the head …
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LYSANDER — lover of Hermia and Helena in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Lysander is powerfully masculine and romantic, with a boyish …
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DARIUS II OCHUS
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CONON — died c. 390 BC Athenian admiral notable for his overwhelming victory over the Spartan fleet off Cnidus (the southwestern extremity …
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CLEOPHON — died 404 BC Athenian statesman, one of the dominant figures in Athenian politics until the end of the Peloponnesian War, …
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ALCIBIADES — born c. 450 BC, , Athens died 404, Phrygia [now in Turkey] brilliant but unscrupulous Athenian politician and military commander …
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METEORITE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE stony ▪ She had analysed four of the specimens and found that each belonged …
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EXTRAORDINARY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a remarkable/amazing/extraordinary coincidence ▪ What an extraordinary coincidence meeting you here! a remarkable/extraordinary achievement (= …
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ASSERT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES establish/assert/impose/stamp your authority (= show people that you have authority ) ▪ The new manager …
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PELOPONNESIAN WAR — (431404 BC) War fought between Athens and Sparta , the leading city-states of ancient Greece, along with their allies, which …
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LYSANDER — n. died 395 BC, Haliartus, Boeotia Spartan leader in the Peloponnesian War . In his first year as admiral he …
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BATTLE — n. Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of Adowa Aegospotami Battle of Agincourt …
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ALCIBIADES — born 0441; 450 BC, Athens died 404, Phrygia Athenian politician and commander. Pericles was his guardian, his father having died …
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BATTLE — Synonyms and related words : Actium, Adrianople, Aegates Isles, Aegospotami, Agincourt, Antietam, Anzio, Arbela-Gaugamela, Ardennes, Austerlitz, Ayacucho, Balaclava, Bannockburn, Bataan-Corregidor, …
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