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  1. Aegina

    Other uses Infobox Greek Dimos name Aegina name local image map 2011 Dimos Eginas.png periph Attica ... skyline gina Hafenblick.jpg caption skyline View of Aegina s seafront party since Aegina lang ... off lk off from Athens . Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus , who was born in and ruled the island. During ancient times, Aegina was a rival to Athens , the great sea power of the era. Municipality The municipality Aegina consists of the island Aegina and a few offshore islets ... of Interior el icon ref Aegina 7783 Kypseli 1949 Mesagros 1603 Perdika 743 Vathy 1474 The capital is the town of Aegina, situated at the northwestern end of the island. Due to its proximity to Athens ... houses on the island. Geography Aegina is roughly triangular in shape, approximately convert 15 km ... of about convert 87 km2 sqmi abbr on lk off . An extinct volcano constitutes two thirds of Aegina ... characteristic crop of Aegina today 2000s is pistachio . Economically, the Sea sponge sponge ... a popular tourist attraction. Hydrofoil ferries from Piraeus take only forty minutes to reach Aegina .... There are regular bus services from Aegina town to destinations throughout the List of islands of Greece ... BC Aegina, according to Herodotus , ref Herodotus v. 83, viii.46 Pausanias geographer Pausanias ... art suggests the inference that the Mycenaean culture held its own in Aegina for some generations after ... Aegina, Athens , the Minyans Minyan Boeotian Orchomenus Boeotia Orchomenus , Troezen , Hermione , Nauplia ... of the Mycenaean princes. Aegina appears to have belonged to the Eretrian league during the Lelantine ... left Greek drachma of Aegina. Obverse Land tortoise . Reverse INA and dolphin It follows, therefore ... stated on the authority of Ephorus , that Pheidon of Argos established a mint in Aegina. For example ... the naval expansion of Aegina during the Archaic period in Greece Archaic Period , Kydonia was an ideal maritime stop for Aegina s fleet on its way to other Mediterranean ports controlled by the emerging ...   more details



  1. Aegina (disambiguation)

    wiktionary Aegina may refer to Aegina , an island of Greece Aegina mythology , a nymph in Greek mythology 91 Aegina , a large main belt asteroid disambig de gina es Egina desambiguaci n eo Egino fr gine homonymie it Egina la Aegina hu Aigina egy rtelm s t lap nl Aegina pl Egina sk Ejina ...   more details



  1. 91 Aegina

    Navigator 90 Antiope 92 Undina MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Aegina Category Main Belt asteroids ... objects discovered in 1866 C beltasteroid stub ast 91 Aegina ca 91 Aegina de 91 Aegina el 91 es 91 Aegina eo 91 Egino eu 91 Aegina fa fr 91 gine it 91 Aegina la 91 Aegina hu 91 Aegina ja no 91 Aegina nn 91 Aegina pl 91 Aegina pt 91 Aegina ro 91 Aegina ru 91 sk 91 Aegina sl 91 Egina sr 91 sv 91 Aegina tl 91 Aegina uk 91 vec Lista de asteroidi 91 Aegina vi 91 Aegina zh ...   more details



  1. Calliclava aegina

    Italic title Taxobox name Calliclava aegina image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked superfamilia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Hypsogastropoda br clade Neogastropoda superfamilia Conoidea familia Drilliidae subfamilia genus Calliclava species C. aegina binomial Calliclava aegina binomial authority Dall, 1919 synonyms ref ref name WoRMS synonyms Elaeocyma aegina small Dall, 1919 small Calliclava aegina is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Drilliidae . ref name WoRMS WRMS species 433182 Calliclava aegina Dall, 1919 5 April 2010 ref Description Empty section date April 2010 Distribution Empty section date April 2010 References reflist External links Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Calliclava Aegina Category Drilliidae drilliidae stub pt Calliclava aegina vi Calliclava aegina ...   more details



  1. Aegina Province

    Infobox Province GR name Aegina name greek prefecture Piraeus capital image map Aigina province.png Aegina Province was a province in Piraeus Prefecture , Greece . References http el.wikipedia.org wiki Prefectures and provinces of Greece Category Provinces of Greece el ...   more details



  1. Aegina (mythology)

    Aegina was a figure of Greek mythology , the nymph of the island that bears her name, Aegina , lying in the Saronic Gulf between Attica and the Peloponnesos . The archaic Temple of Aphaea , the Invisible Goddess , on the island was later subsumed by the cult of Athena . Aphaia may be read as an attribute of Aegina that provides an epithet , or as a doublet of the goddess. Though the name Aegina betokens a goat nymph, ref Compare Aegis , Aegeus , Aigai place of goats , etc. ref such as was Cretan Amalthea mythology Amalthea , she was given a mainland identity as the daughter of the river ... ravished by Apollo or Zeus . Aegina bore at least two children Menoetius mythology Menoetius by Actor ... through their paternal family connection to Aegina, and his intimate companion. The son made immortal, Aeacus, was the king of Aegina , and was known to have contributed help to Poseidon and Apollo in building the walls of Troy . Through him Aegina was the great grandmother of Achilles, who was son of Peleus , son of Aeacus. The Abduction of Aegina It was often said ref Bibliotheke 3.x11.2 Pindar ... took the form of an eagle and abducted Aegina, taking her to an island near Attica , ref A mythic inversion, as Aegina simply was the nymph of the island, whose culture, continuous from an early date, long preceded the introduction of the Twelve Olympians Olympian gods . Ceramic fragments at Aegina .... ref henceforth known by her name. Aegina s father Asopus chased after them his search ... his thunderbolts, sending Asopus back to his own waters. Aegina eventually gave birth to her son Aeacus ... When the city of Aegina was depopulated by a plague sent by Hera in jealous reprisal for Zeus s love of Aegina, the king Aeacus prayed to Zeus for the ants that were currently infesting an oak ... id Aigina it Egina mitologia la Aegina mythologia lt Aigina hu Aigina mitol gia nl Aegina Griekse ... tr Aegina uk ...   more details



  1. Athanasia of Aegina

    Infobox Saint name Saint Athanasia of Aegina birth date circa 790 death date 14 August 860 feast day 18 April venerated in image imagesize caption birth place Aegina , Greece death place Timia, Greece Timia , Greece titles beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage major shrine Timia suppressed date issues Saint Athanasia of Aegina born circa 790 in Aegina died 14 August 860, Timia, Greece was a saint who lived in the Byzantine Empire and was for a while adviser to the Empress Theodora II . Life The life of Athanasia is contained only in a vitae , which is held in the manuscript, Vaticanus Graecus 1660, of 916 AD. The author is unknown but most likely a man who wrote soon after St. Athanasia s death. Athanasia was the daughter of Christian nobles, Niketas and Irene, and experienced a mystical union of a star merging with her heart while weaving at the loom when she was a young girl. She wanted a spiritual life but an imperial edict required all single women of marriageable age to marry soldiers. At 16 years old, at her parents urging, she complied and married a young officer. Sixteen days after her wedding, her husband was killed in a battle with raiding Arabs. She again married this time to a deeply religious man who felt drawn to become a monk and left with her blessing to do so. Athanasia then gave away the bulk of her possessions, converted their home into a convent and began building churches. She served as an abbess and was known for her miraculous healing of the sick and those seen as possessed. Her community later moved to Timia near the ancient church of Stephen the Protomartyr . Here crowds flocked ..., she returned to Aegina, where she died of natural causes three days later at Timia on 14 August 860 ... Athanasia of Aegina Category 8th century births Category 860 deaths Category 9th century Christian ... 9th century Byzantine people Category Saints of Byzantine Greece Category People from Aegina sr ...   more details



  1. Paul of Aegina

    Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta Aegina , 625? 690? was a 7th century Greeks Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the encyclopedia medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books . For many years in the Byzantine Empire , this work contained the sum of all Western world Western medical knowledge and was unrivaled in its accuracy and completeness. Life Nothing is known about his life, except that he was born in the island of Aegina , and that he travelled a good deal, visiting, among other places, Alexandria. ref Paul of Aegina, iv. 49, p. 526 ref He is sometimes called Iatrosophistes and Periodeutes , a word which probably means a physician who travelled from place to place in the exercise of his profession. The exact time when he lived is not known but, as he quotes Alexander of Tralles , ref Paul of Aegina, iii. 28, 78, pp. 447, 495, vii. 5, 11, 19, pp. 650, 660, 687 ref and is himself quoted by Yahya ibn Sarafyun Serapion the Elder , ref Ibn Sarafyun, Pract. vii. 9, pp. 73, 74, ed. Lugd. 1525 ref it is probable that Abu al Faraj ibn Al Jawzi Abu al Faraj is correct in placing him in the latter half of the 7th century. ref name faraj Abu al Faraj, Hist. Dynast. p. 114. ref Works The Suda says he wrote several medical works, of which the principal one is still extant, with no exact title, but is commonly called Medical Compendium in Seven Books lang la De Re Medica Libri Septem . This work is chiefly a compilation from earlier writers. His reputation in the Islamic world seems to have been very great, and it is said that he was especially consulted by midwives, whence he received the name of Al kawabeli or the Accoucheur. ref name faraj He is said by the Arabic writers to have written a work, De Mulierum Morbis, and another, De Puerulorum Vivendi Ratione atque Curatione. His great work was translated into Arabic by Hunayn ibn Ishaq . The sixth book ... Category Byzantine physicians Category People from Aegina Category 7th century Byzantine people ...   more details



  1. Nectarios of Aegina

    nuns, he established a monastery for them on the island of Aegina . The Monastery was named Holy ... to the Holy Trinity Convent on Aegina, where he lived out the rest of his life as a Monk. He ... File Agios Nectarios church01.jpg thumb right 250px Church of Agios Nectarios, Aegina On September ..., Metropolitan of Aegina at www.serfes.org http www.st seraphim.com nectarios.htm Nectarios ... of Aegina, Miracle Worker of the 20th Century at www.saint nectarios of aegina.org Selected Writings http www.serfes.org writtings stnectarios.htm Father Demetrios Serfes St. Nectarios of Aegina ... Nectarios at www.sprint.net.au http www.saint nectarios of aegina.org Saint Nectarios of Aegina, Miracle ... http groups.yahoo.com group arbible message 23759 Visiting Aghios Nectarios, Aegina island, Greece ... Category People from Aegina Category Saints of modern Greece Category University of Athens alumni ...   more details



  1. Glaucias of Aegina

    For other persons with the same name, see Glaucias Glaucias was a sculptor of Aegina , who made the bronze chariot and statue of Gelo n. Gelon was the son of Deinomenes and a ruler and tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse and Gela. The scultures commemorated his victory in the chariot race at Olympia, 488 BC . The following bronze statues of athletes at Olympia, Greece Olympia were also by Glaucias Philon of Corcyra , Glaucus of Carystus , and Theagenes of Thasos , who conquered Euthymus in boxing in 480 BC Paus. vi. 6. 2 . References SmithDGRBM Category 5th century BC Greek sculptors Category Ancient Aeginetans Category Ancient Greek sculptors Category Artists of ancient Attica ...   more details



  1. Philiscus of Aegina

    Other people2 Philiscus disambiguation Philiscus Philiscus of Aegina lang el 4th century BC was a Cynic philosopher from Aegina who lived in the latter half of the 4th century BC. He was the son of Onesicritus who sent Philiscus and his younger brother, Androsthenes, to Athens where they were so charmed by the philosophy of Diogenes of Sinope that Onesicritus also came to Athens and became his disciple. ref Diogenes La rtius, vi. 75 Suda, Philiskos , 362 ref According to Hermippus of Smyrna , Philiscus was the pupil of Stilpo . ref name suda359 Suda, Philiskos , 359 ref He is also described as an associate of Phocion . ref Suda, Philiskos , 362 ref The Suda claims that he was a teacher of Alexander the Great , ref Suda, Philiskos , 359. There are, in addition, chronological problems with a man being the son of Onesicritus, the pupil of Stilpo, and the teacher of Alexander. ref but no other ancient writer mentions this. Claudius Aelianus Aelian , though, has preserved a short exhortation by Philiscus addressed to Alexander blockquote Take care of your reputation don t become a plague or a great disaster, bring peace and health. ref Aelian, Varia Historia , xiv. 11 ref blockquote The Suda mentions that Philiscus wrote dialogues including one called Codrus . ref name suda359 Satyrus the Peripatetic Satyrus claimed that the Tragedy tragedies ascribed to Diogenes were, in fact, written by Philiscus. ref ap. Diogenes La rtius, vi. 80, cf. vi. 73 ref Among the dialogue s ascribed to Diogenes by Sotion , one is entitled Philiscus . ref Diogenes La rtius, vi. 80 ref Notes reflist Cynics DEFAULTSORT Philiscus Of Aegina Category 4th century BC Greek people Category 4th century BC philosophers Category Ancient Aeginetans Category Ancient Greek philosophers Category Cynic philosophers Category Philosophers and tutors of Alexander the Great ca Filisc d Egina hu Aiginai Philiszkosz sk Filiskos fi Filiskos Aiginalainen zh ...   more details



  1. Sostratos of Aegina

    Sostratos of Aegina is reported to be a famous merchant in the sixth century BC Hellenic civilization Hellenic world. He is said, by Herodotus , to be the most successful trader of all time. ref The History of Herodotus, Book 4 Melpomene 152. See http www.sacred texts.com cla hh hh4150.htm translation by G C Macauley ref A stone anchor dedicated to Apollo at Gravisca the port of the Etruscan cities Etruscan city of Tarquinia Tarquinii is thought to have been dedicated by Sostratos and can now be seen at the museum there. Clay storage jars are found throughout Etruscan archaeological sites of the period marked with the Aeginetan letters SO , may have stood for Sostratos, and are often presumed to be the packaging in which his goods were delivered. ref Cornell, p111 ref Not all sources, however, accept that the marks on these jars refer to Sostratos. ref Graeme Barker, Tom Rasmussen, The Etruscans , p87, Blackwell Publishing, 2000 ISBN 0631220380 ref Notes reflist References Tim Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars, C.1000 263 BC , Routledge, 1995, ISBN 0415015960 Category Ancient Aeginetans Category Ancient Greek merchants Category Archaic Greece AncientGreece bio stub de Sostratos von gina ...   more details



  1. Telesarchus of Aegina

    Telesarchus of Aegina floruit fl. 5th century BC was one of the patrons of the Greek lyric poet Pindar . He is the father of the Cleander who won the boys pankration at the Isthmian Games sometime between 479 and 475 BC. Telesarchus s brother was the father of Nicocles, who was a champion Ancient Greek Boxing boxer . ref Anne Pippin Burnett, Pindar s Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina Oxford University Press, 2005 , p. 107 http books.google.com books?id ckWkTgJu2XMC&pg PA107&dq Pindar Telesarchus OR Telesarchos OR Telesarkhos&lr &num 100&as brr 3&as pt ALLTYPES online. ref File Pindar statue.jpg thumb left 100px Pindar , composer of epinikion victory odes to celebrate athletic contests Telesarchus commissioned Pindar to write a victory ode, or Epinikia epinikion , celebrating his son s athletic wins at both the Nemean Games Nemean and the Isthmian games. His nephew, Nicocles, appears to have been a grown man whose prowess is mourned posthumously he may have died recently in battle, since the mood of the poem also captures recent losses in the wars with Achaemenid Empire Persia that included the burning of Classical Athens Athens and the Battle of Plataea . Pindar tempers the poem s celebratory purpose with a note of mourning cquote This congratulatory ode is full of elegiac feeling for human sorrow, the outcome of human limitations. The komos komic procession which advances to Telesarchus porch has a mixture of emotions to communicate. Joy is alloyed with, and deepened by, grief. The myth centres around the mortality of Achilles who, great champion though he was, could only do to others what he was ultimately destined to suffer himself. ref Frances Stickney Newman, Pindar s Art, Its Tradition and Aims Georg Olms Verlag, 1984 , p. 142 http books.google.com books?id 5 RoDOoFb74C&pg PA142&dq Pindar Telesarchus OR Telesarchos OR Telesarkhos&lr &num 100&as brr 3&as pt ALLTYPES online. ref Source Pindar, Isthmian Ode 8, in Anne Pippin Burnett, Pindar s Songs for Young Athletes ...   more details



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    View of the main harbour at Aegina one of the Saronic islands PD self date February 2009 ...   more details



  1. Archaeological Museum of Aegina

    The Archaeological Museum of Aegina is a museum in Aegina , Greece . Founded in 1828 by Ioannis Kapodistrias, the museum contains a variety of ancient vessels, pottery , Ceramic art ceramics , alabasters, statuette s, inscriptions, coins , weapons and copper vessels ref http www.aegina.com.gr sightseings ?lang en www.aegina.com ref . These objects are located in 3 rooms in which are all the exhibits. References Reflist External links http www.aegina.com.gr sightseings ?lang en www.aegina.com http odysseus.culture.gr h 1 eh151.jsp?obj id 3255 Ministry of Culture and Tourism coord missing Greece DEFAULTSORT Archaeological Museum Of Aegina Category Archaeological museums in Greece Aegina Category Museums established in 1828 greece museum stub ...   more details



  1. File:Glypto aegina.JPG

    Detail of the figures from the Aphaia temple at Aegina . Currently in the Munich Glyptothek . PD self date May 2007 ...   more details



  1. Oenopia

    Oenopia may refer to Oenopia, ancient name of the Greek island of Aegina Oenopia beetle , a ladybird beetle genus disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ...   more details



  1. Saronikos F.C.

    Football club infobox clubname Saronikos F.C. image fullname Saronikos Football Club see discussion founded 1930 ground unknown capacity chairman unknown manager unknown league Saronikos F.C. is a Greece Greek Football soccer football club, based in Aegina Aegina island . The association was founded in 1930. In 2009, they promoted to Gamma Ethniki . Category Greek football clubs Greece footyclub stub el . . pt Saronikos F.C. ...   more details



  1. Hierax (Spartan admiral)

    Hierax was a Spartan Army Spartan admiral during the Corinthian War . In 389  BC he was dispatched by Sparta to Aegina , to take over the Spartan fleet. The Spartans under the command of Teleutias had earlier driven off the Athenian fleet blockading Aegina. Soon after taking command, Hierax departed for Rhodes with most of the fleet, leaving Gorgopas 4th Century BC Gorgopas , his vice admiral, with twelve triremes as governor in Aegina. ref Xenophon, Hellenica s Hellenica Book 5 Chapter 1 5 5.1.5 ref Not long afterward, Antalcidas was sent to replace Hierax as admiral. ref Xenophon, Hellenica s Hellenica Book 5 Chapter 1 9 5.1.9 ref References cite wikisource Hellenica Xenophon Footnotes div class references small references div Category 4th century BC Greek people Category Ancient Spartan admirals Category Ancient Spartan generals ...   more details



  1. Aeacids

    The Aeacids in ancient Greece were the myth ical descendants of Aeacus , son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina mythology Aegina . The son of Aeacus was Peleus , the son of Peleus was Achilles , the son of Achilles was Neoptolemus and finally the son of Neoptolemus was Molossus , mythical ancestor of the Molossians . Famous people who claimed Aeacid descent, through their mythical ancestor Achilles, were Pyrrhus of Epirus , Olympias and Alexander the Great on his mother s side. ref Chamoux, Fran ois and Roussel, Michel. Hellenistic Civilization . Blackwell Publishing, 2003, p. 396, ISBN 0 631 22242 1. AEACIDS Descendants of Aeacus, son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, eponymous see the term to the island of that name. His son was Peleus, father of Achilles, whose descendants real or supposed called themselves Aeacids thus Pyrrhus and Alexander the Great. ref See also List of kings of Epirus References reflist Category Ancient Greek rulers Category Ancient Epirus Category Greek mythology Ancient Greece stub ...   more details



  1. Kanakides

    Multiple issues orphan September 2008 unreferenced September 2008 Kanakides is a small Abandoned village deserted village on the east coast of Aegina Aegina Island in Greece . The village was named after the family Kanakis that once lived there. It was probably established sometime in the Middle Ages . The geographical location was chosen in order to avoid Piracy pirate raids since it cannot be seen from the sea. Citation needed date September 2008 The last inhabitants moved out in the 1970s. Today all that remains are the ruins of a few stone houses. The village can be reached by either foot or car, and offers spectacular views of the east side of the island. External links http www.aeginagreece.com main villages index.htm The villages and areas of Aegina island at AeginaGreece.com coord missing Greece Category Former populated places in Greece Category Ghost towns in Europe Category Piraeus Prefecture Greece geo stub Ghost town stub ...   more details



  1. Glaucias

    Glaucias or Glaukias may refer to Glaucias of Aegina sculptor 5th c.BC Glaucias physician 4th c.BC of Hephaestion Glaucias physician 3rd c.BC Glaucias of Macedon general of Alexander Glaucias of Taulanti Illyrian king Glaucias of Athens rhetorician 1st c. AD See also Glaucus disambiguation hndis ...   more details



  1. Irus

    Irus or IRUS may refer to International Robotic Urology Symposium , a robotic urology conference Irus genus Irus genus , a genus of clam in the family Veneridae In Greek mythology Irus, a son of Actor and Aegina mythology , father of Eurytion Irus or Arnaeus , a character in The Odyssey disambig sr ...   more details



  1. Aphaea

    Image Temple of Aphaia.jpg thumb right 300px Temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina . Aphaea Greek Polytonic not dark or vanisher was a Greek mythology Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf . She originated as early as the 14th century BCE as a local deity associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle. ref Pilafidis Williams argues that the character and relative proportions of the finds leads to the conclusion that the deity worshiped was a female fertility agricultural goddess and dates her cult to the 14th century BCE. The cult certainly was in operation in the 7th century BCE. ref Under Athenian hegemony , however, she came to be identified with the goddesses Athena and Artemis and with the nymph Britomartis as well, by the 2nd century CE, the time of Pausanias geographer Pausanias blockquote ... be the first known inscribed dedication to goddess outside of Aegina. ref Cooper accepts the identification ... Aphaia auf Aegina. Denkm ler antiker Architektur 19 . Berlin New York W. de Gruyter. Paul Cartledge ... Press, p.  273. Cook, R. M. 1974. The Dating of the Aegina Pediments. Journal of Hellenic Studies ... PA64&lpg PA64 pp. 63 64 . Diebold, William J. 1995. The Politics of Derestoration The Aegina Pediments ... Furtw ngler, Adolf , Ernst R. Fiechter and Hermann Thiersch. 1906. Aegina, das Heiligthum der Aphaia ... Age. Munich Hirmer Verlag. Schildt, Arthur. 1895. Die Giebelgruppen von Aegina . Leipzig H. Meyer . Schwandner, Ernst Ludwig. 1985. Der ltere Porostempel der Aphaia auf Aegina . Berlin W. de Gruyter. Webster, T. B. L. 1931. The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina. Journal of Hellenic Studies 51 ... wstitle Aegina http www.unil.ch esag page26236.html Ferdinand Pajor, Cockerell and the Grand Tour http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin architindex?entry Aegina,Temple of Aphaia Perseus website Aegina ... Agricultural goddesses Category Fertility goddesses Category Ancient Aegina de Aphaia es Afea fr Apha a ...   more details



  1. Gorgopas (4th century BC)

    Other people2 Gorgopas disambiguation Gorgopas Gorgopas was a Spartan Army Spartan commander during the Corinthian War . In 388 BC Hierax Spartan Admiral Hierax was dispatched by Sparta to Aegina to take over the Spartan fleet. The Spartans under the command of Teleutias had earlier driven off the Athenian fleet blockading Aegina. Soon after taking over, Hierax departed for Rhodes with most of the fleet leaving Gorgopas, his vice admiral with twelve triremes as governor in Aegina, replacing Eteonicus who held the post before. Gorgopas continued operations against the Athenian army led by Pamphilius who was still laying siege to the city. He ultimately forced Athens to send ships to evacute their land forces from the area. Gorgopas then went on to harass the Athenian territory from his base in Aegina. ref Xenophon, Hellenica s Hellenica Book 5 Chapter 1 5 5.1.5 ref Not long afterward, Gorgopas took his fleet to Ephesus to escort Antalcidas who was sent to replace Hierax as admiral. Upon completing his mission, on the way back to Aegina he encountered the Athenian fleet under Eunomus Admiral Eunomus . Gorgopas retreated and was able to make it back to the port in Aegina. After unsuccessfully trying to bait Gorgopas to come out and fight, the Athenias sailed away at night fall. The lead Athenian ship carried a customary light which the other ships could follow. Gorgopas, keeping his ships dark, followed the light of the Athenian ship. He was able to surprise the Athenian fleet as it passed close to shore around Cape Zoster . The Spartans captured four triremes and forced the rest of the Athenian ships to retreat to Piraeus . ref Xenophon, Hellenica s Hellenica Book 5 Chapter 1 9 5.1.9 ref Gorgopas was killed in an ambush later that year. One Athenian unit under Chabrias lay in ambush while another under Demaenetus drew Gorgopas out of Aegina and into the trap by openly marching through the area. ref Xenophon, Hellenica s Hellenica Book 5 Chapter 1 12 5.1.12 ref Referen ...   more details




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