Sphakteria

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Sphakteria is a small Greek island off the coast of Pylos in the Peloponnese, historically significant as the site of a major battle during the Peloponnesian War.

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Sphakteria canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek island
island
associatedWith Brasidas
Cleon
Demosthenes (Athenian general)
battleDate 425 BC
belongsTo Hellenic Republic
linked to: Greece
captured Spartan hoplites
country Greece
eraOfMainHistoricalImportance Classical Greece
hasAncientName Sphacteria
hasFeature elongated shape
forms natural harbor at Pylos
hasHistoricalSignificance Battle of Sphacteria
Peloponnesian War
hasNearbyHistoricalEvent Battle of Navarino
hasNearbyHistoricalSite Navarino Bay
linked to: Bay of Navarino
hasNearbyIsland Sfaktiria islets
hasNearbyTown Pylos
hasType uninhabited or sparsely inhabited island
involvedBelligerent Athens
Sparta
isPartOf historical region of Messenia
languageOfName Greek
locatedIn Bay of Pylos
linked to: Pylos Bay

Ionian Sea
Messenia
Peloponnese
locatedNear Pylos
locatedOffCoastOf southwestern Peloponnese
mentionedInWork Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War
modernName Sfaktiria
partOf Periphery of Peloponnese
regional unit of Messenia
protects harbor of Pylos
linked to: Pylos Bay
resultOfBattle Athenian victory
separates Bay of Pylos
linked to: Pylos Bay

open sea
timeOfMajorEvent Archidamian War phase of Peloponnesian War
usedAs Athenian bargaining chip against Sparta
wasSiteOf Battle of Sphacteria

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sphacteria ancientName Sphakteria
subject linked to: island of Sphacteria
Sphacteria hasAlternativeName Sphakteria
Sfaktiria hasHistoricName Sphakteria
Sfaktiria hasAncientName Sphakteria