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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek island
island
associatedWith Brasidas NERFINISHED
Cleon NERFINISHED
Demosthenes (Athenian general) NERFINISHED
battleDate 425 BC
belongsTo Hellenic Republic NERFINISHED
captured Spartan hoplites
country Greece
eraOfMainHistoricalImportance Classical Greece NERFINISHED
hasAncientName Sphacteria NERFINISHED
hasFeature elongated shape
forms natural harbor at Pylos
hasHistoricalSignificance Battle of Sphacteria NERFINISHED
Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED
hasNearbyHistoricalEvent Battle of Navarino NERFINISHED
hasNearbyHistoricalSite Navarino Bay NERFINISHED
hasNearbyIsland Sfaktiria islets NERFINISHED
hasNearbyTown Pylos NERFINISHED
hasType uninhabited or sparsely inhabited island
involvedBelligerent Athens NERFINISHED
Sparta NERFINISHED
isPartOf historical region of Messenia
languageOfName Greek
locatedIn Bay of Pylos NERFINISHED
Ionian Sea NERFINISHED
Messenia NERFINISHED
Peloponnese
locatedNear Pylos NERFINISHED
locatedOffCoastOf southwestern Peloponnese
mentionedInWork Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED
modernName Sfaktiria NERFINISHED
partOf Periphery of Peloponnese NERFINISHED
regional unit of Messenia
protects harbor of Pylos NERFINISHED
resultOfBattle Athenian victory
separates Bay of Pylos NERFINISHED
open sea
timeOfMajorEvent Archidamian War phase of Peloponnesian War
usedAs Athenian bargaining chip against Sparta
wasSiteOf Battle of Sphacteria NERFINISHED

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island of Sphacteria ancientName Sphakteria
subject surface form: Sphacteria
Sphacteria hasAlternativeName Sphakteria