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Battle of Sphacteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Battle of Sphacteria was a battle of the Peloponnesian War in 425 BC, between Athens and Sparta. This meant that the island of Sphacteria, where Epitadas had landed with 440 hoplites, was completely blockaded by the Athenian fleet. This was such a shock to the Spartans that representatives from Sparta itself came to negotiate an armistice at Pylos, with a view to safeguarding the troops on Sphacteria until an end to the war with Athens could be arranged. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Sphacteria   (1134 words)

Sphacteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sphacteria is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. In ancient times it was the site of the Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war (text). In modern times the bay was the site of the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire (the forerunner to modern-day Turkey). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sphacteria   (98 words)

Battle of Pylos Encyclopedia Article @ 209.68.55.237   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Closely related to this battle was the Battle of Sphacteria, which occured immediately afterwards. The harbor at Pylos was a large bay, with the seaward side almost completely blocked by the wooded island of Sphacteria; there was a narrow passage through to the harbor at each end of the island. The Spartan Epitadas and a force of 440 hoplites were landed on Sphacteria, while the rest of the army prepared to storm the Athenian fortifications; failing that, they would settle in for a siege. 209.68.55.237 /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Pylos   (886 words)

YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Pylos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Other monuments or tombs, reminiscents of the Greek War for Independence are on the island of Sphacteria, the most important beeing the monument of the italian philhellene Santaroza. Pylos is the supposed birthplace of the venerable Nestor, the king of Pylos—standing upon a promontory at the foot of Mount Temathia, and overlooking the vast harbour of the same name as the town. Spartan anxiety over the return of the prisoners, who were taken to Athens as hostages, contributed to their acceptance of the Peace of Nicias in 421 BC. www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Pylos   (850 words)

OmniNerd - Articles: Tyche The battle, once joined, on Sphacteria produced a startling example of the ineffectiveness of heavy shock infantry when faced with lighter, more mobile forces that refuse and are able to refuse to engage in close combat. The success of the Athenians at Pylos and Sphacteria, as related to Thucydides himself, must be seen as important, convincing, and due, for the most part, to the able leadership of Cleon and Demosthenes. Forced into rhetorical retreat he relates that as “mad as Cleon’s promise was, he fulfilled it.”24 Thucydides, in a last ditch effort, seeks to undermine the skill of the success by highlighting what he views as the idiocy of the undertaking. www.omninerd.com /2004/07/02/articles/3?printerfriendly=yes   (2632 words)

Livius Picture Archive: the blockade of Sphacteria (425 BCE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Situated opposite the southwestern Peloponnese, Sphacteria was an important battlefield during the Archidamian War (431-421). They used the isle of Sphacteria as their base, and were isolated on this island when the Athenian navy defeated the Spartan ships. This photo was taken from the narrow strip of land that separates the Bay of Navarino from the lagoon north of it. www.livius.org /a/battlefields/sphacteria/sphacteria.html   (528 words)

Battle of Pylos - TheBestLinks.com - Athens, Agis, Hoplite, Peloponnesian War, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Accompanying this battle was the Battle of Sphacteria. The Spartans planned to blockade the port of Pylos and land an army on the nearby island of Sphacteria, so that the Athenians would have no base to supply their troops. The Spartan commander Epitadas and a force of 440 hoplites were landed on Sphacteria. www.thebestlinks.com /Battle_of_Pylos.html   (521 words)

Pylos: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) It is formed by a deep indenture in the Morea, shut in by a long island, anciently called Sphacteria (Sphacteria: sphacteria is a small island at the entrance to the bay of pylos in the peloponnese,... It is the supposed birthplace of the venerable Nestor—standing upon a promontory at the foot of Mount Temathia, and overlooking the vast harbour of the same name as the town. The Athenians captured a number of Spartan (Spartan: A resident of Sparta) troops on the adjacent island of Sphacteria (modern Sfagia, see Battle of Sphacteria (Battle of Sphacteria: the battle of sphacteria was a battle of the peloponnesian war in 425 bc, between... www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/pylos   (1140 words)

Peloponnesian War - Military History Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Led militarily by a clever new general Demosthenes (not to be confused with the later great Athenian orator Demosthenes), the Athenians managed some successes as they continued their naval raids on the Peloponnese, stretched their military activities into Boetia and Aetolia, and began fortifying posts around the Peloponnese. One of these posts was near Pylos on a tiny island called Sphacteria, where the course of the first war turned in Athens' favor. After the battle, Brasidas, a Spartan general, raised an army of allies and helots and went for one of the sources of Athenian power, capturing the Athenian colony of Amphipolis, which happened to control several nearby silver mines which the Athenians were using to finance the war. www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/Peloponnesian_War   (2479 words)

Diodorus on the Sphacteria Campaign Also to the island called Sphacteria, which extends lengthwise to the harbor and protects it from the winds, they transported the best troops of the Spartans and their allies. This they did in their desire to forestall the Athenians in getting control of the island before them, since its situation was especially advantageous to the prosecution of the siege. And one may well be amazed at the strange perversity of Fortune and at the singular character of her ordering of what happened at Pylos. www.livius.org /pb-pem/peloponnesian_war/war_t02.html   (809 words)

Warfare 1 On the island of Sphacteria opposite Pylos on the northwestern coast of the Peloponnesus, rough ground prevented Spartan hoplites from moving quickly. Thus Athenian peltasts and slingers, unencumbered by heavy armor, were able to maneuver much more easily and wrought havoc on the Spartan troops. Sphacteria was perhaps the most important Athenian victory (424 BC) in the Peloponnesian War. depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/athnlife/warfare1.htm   (746 words)

Demosthenes: The Peloponnesian Wars He was thus enabled to seize and fortify Pylos, a position on the south-west of Peloponnese, with a harbour sheltered by the isle of Sphacteria. So seriously did the Lacedaemonians regard this blow that they invited the Athenians to make peace virtually on terms of an equal alliance; but the Athenians were now so confident of a triumphant issue that they refused the terms--chiefly at the instigation of Cleon. At this moment, Cleon, the Athenian demagogue, having rashly declared that he could easily capture Sphacteria, was taken at his word and sent to do it. www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/whodemost_i.html   (324 words)

Battle of Sphacteria: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) This meant that the island of Sphacteria (Sphacteria: sphacteria is a small island at the entrance to the bay of pylos in the peloponnese,... By this point there were now seventy Athenian ships blockading Sphacteria, and the Spartans had been joined by their Peloponnesian (Peloponnesian: peloponnesos (greek: πελοπννησος,... Nicias offered to resign his post as strategos (strategos: the term strategos (plural strategoi) is used in greek to mean "general".... www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/battle_of_sphacteria   (831 words)

Peloponnesian War - Crystalinks Led militarily by a clever new general Demosthenes (not to be confused with the later Athenian orator Demosthenes), the Athenians managed some successes as they continued their naval raids on the Peloponnese, stretched their military activities into Boeotia and Aetolia, and began fortifying posts around the Peloponnese. One of these posts was near Pylos on a tiny island called Sphacteria, where the course of the first war turned in Athens's favor. Demosthenes, however, outmaneuvered the Spartans and trapped a group of Spartan soldiers on Sphacteria as he waited for them to surrender. www.crystalinks.com /peloponnesianwar.html   (2822 words)

THUCYDIDES HOUR EXAM 1D | HISTORY QUIZ The Athenians are victorious since the Spartans could not use all their ships at once, but had to row up in small detachments. In the third stage of the Battle of Sphacteria The Spartan general at the Battle of Sphacteria was mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /grk202/hour_exams/thucydides_exam_1g.html   (356 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The large and deep bay of Navarino is partly closed by the narrow island of Sphacteria which lies, with a length of 243 miles, along its mouth, leaving a narrow channel to the north, and a wider to the south. The north channel is dominated on its further side by the deserted peninsula of Pylos, the circumference of which is naturally defended by inaccessible cliffs except for a small distance at the north end (where a sandy isthmus joins it to the mainland), and for a somewhat longer extent on its south and south-west shores. the Sphagia channel, between the north end of Sphacteria and the south shore of Pylos, and the channel between the north-east corner of Sphacteria and the end of the sand-spit. www.perseus.tufts.edu /Thucydides/Cornford/CCh.6.html   (9065 words)

Cleon - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The next year he is said to have attempted to prosecute the poet Aristophanes for slandering the city in the presence of foreigners in the lost play Babylonians. The Athenian general Demosthenes momentously established a base at Pylos, a highly sensitive area under Spartan control in the Peloponnese. The situation emerged that 440 Spartans were left marooned on Sphacteria. www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Cleon   (828 words)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1186 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The amusing circumstances under which he commissioned his enemy, Cleon, to reduce the island, have already been described in the article cleon [Vol. The death of Cleon removed out of the way of Nicias the only rival whose power was at all commensurate with his own, and he now exerted all his influence to bring about a peace. He had secured the gratitude of the Spartans by his humane treatment of the prisoners taken at Sphac­teria, so that he found no difficulty in assuming the character of mediator between the belligerent powers. www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2294.html   (1016 words)

The Baldwin Project: The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The ephors were so disturbed by his tidings that they at once sent some of their number to the Bay of Pylos to see what could be done to set free Epitadas and his men. When Cleon saw that there was no escape he grew reckless, and boasted that he would not only go to Sphacteria, but that he would take the island within twenty days, and either kill all the Spartans on it or bring them prisoners to Athens. Two hundred and ninety-two Spartans, who were all that were still alive on Sphacteria, then surrendered, one hundred and twenty of these belonging to the noblest families in Sparta. www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=macgregor&book=greece&story=surrender   (1187 words)

The Baldwin Project: The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The Spartans soon heard that the Athenians had taken possession of Pylos, which was on their territory. They [219] determined to expel them, and an army under Epitadas was at once sent out and took possession of the wooded island of Sphacteria, while a Spartan fleet sailed into the Bay of Pylos. Yet their efforts proved of little use in the end, for though only five ships were captured, the rest of the fleet was so damaged that the Athenians were left in possession of the bay. www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=macgregor&book=greece&story=shield   (737 words)

Leaders and Battles: Pylos-Sphacteria, During the attacks, the Spartans also landed about 420 hoplites on the small island of Sphacteria in the middle of the bay. After the defeat of the Spartan navy, the hoplites on Sphacteria were cut off from any support. The Spartans immediately tried to negotiate the freedom of the hoplites but the discussions ended and the Athenians, led by Cleon, attacked. www.lbdb.com /TMDisplayBattle.cfm?BID=419&WID=55   (142 words)

Victor Davis Hanson on Peloponnesian War on National Review Online With the capture and detainment of the Spartiate prisoners from Sphacteria, who were to be executed the moment a Peloponnesian army again crossed the borders of Attica, the general outline of the Peace of Nicias, which would transpire four years later, was already established. In the first few years of the war Athens conducted massive operations abroad, but quickly learned that the permanent deployment of some 100 to 200 ships was exhausting its treasury without bringing decisive results. But with the capture of Pylos and Sphacteria in 425 it achieved a stunning psychological victory, made all the more so once the Spartans were shamed by the surrender of their crack hoplites and were willing to withdraw from Attica for good. www.nationalreview.com /hanson/hanson200511110827.asp   (2296 words)

Leaders and Battles: Cleon, His political career began with persistent attacks on Pericles. In 425 B.C., he successfully opposed Sparta's peace proposal and was given command of the Athenian forces blockading Sphacteria and brilliantly led them to victory against the Spartans. In 428 B.C., he received another command at Amphipolis but failed to achieve his military objectives and was killed during the fighting. www.lbdb.com /TMDisplayLeader.cfm?PID=5369   (73 words)

Classics Log 9701e - Message Number 139   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: classics@u.washington.edu From: jsroisma@colby.edu (Joseph Roisman) Subject: Re: Thucydides query >>>From a friend: Book four covers the portion of the war >fought over the islands of Pylos and Sphacteria and I'm wondering >if >this was the first instance of Spartan troops who were full >citizens >surrendering? Also were there other instances of a type of roll >reversal in the style of warfare by Athens and Sparta where the >Spartans actively pursued naval operations against Athens, while >the >Athenians focused on holplite warfare? The Athenains fought on land before and after Sphacteria. omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/CLA-L/Older/log97/9701e/9701e.139.html   (289 words)

[No title] The first great humiliation which befel the Lacedaemonians was the affair of Sphacteria. The force which Cleon carried out with him from Athens to the Bay of Pyles, and to which the event of the conflict is to be chiefly ascribed, consisted entirely of mercenaries, archers from Scythia and light infantry from Thrace. Yet even at Tegea it was signally proved that the Lacedaemonians, though far superior to occasional soldiers, were not equal to professional soldiers. yarchive.net /macaulay/history/footnotes_V.html   (1470 words)

The Battle of Sphacteria, 425 BC (DBA Battle Scenario)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The Battle of Sphacteria, 425 BC (DBA Battle Scenario) When Sparta learned that Athens had taken Pylos they removed their army from Attica. Comments and feedback welcome and can be sent to Chris Brantley. www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/sphacteria   (860 words)

Thucydides-Passages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Already a great and unexpected blow had fallen upon them at Sphacteria; Pylos and Cythera were in the hands of the Athenians, and they were beset on every side by an enemy against whose swift attacks precaution was vain. These the Athenians determined to deposit in some of the islands; at the same time they allowed the other Cytherians to live in their own country, paying a tribute of four talents. They resolved to kill all the Aeginetans whom they had taken in satisfaction of their long-standing hatred, and to put Tantalus in chains along with the captives from Sphacteria. classicpersuasion.org /pw/thucydides/thucydides-passages.php?pleaseget=4.55-59   (1052 words)

Thucydides Peloponnesian War Book 4 Questions CLST 1003 Fall, 2004 University of Arkansas Professor Daniel B. Levine What kinds of sneaky ways did the Lacedaemonians try to get supplies to their trapped men on the island of Sphacteria? What kind of trouble was Kleon in as the siege of Sphacteria dragged on? What was visibility like on Sphacteria during the battle? www.uark.edu /campus-resources/dlevine/Thucydides4Lattimore.html   (707 words)

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