Epicleas (admiral)
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Epicleas was an admiral from Sparta during the Peloponnesian War.
In 411 BC, the Spartans lost a fleet of 50 ships under the command of Epicleas.[1][2] At the height of the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan fleet was caught in a violent storm while sailing past Mount Athos. Of the fifty ships only 12 men survived.
References
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, "Bibliotheca historica" XIII 41, 1–3.
- ^ Martin Hammond, The Peloponnesian War (Google eBook) (Oxford University Press, 2009) VIII 108.
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