Battle of Pylos

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battle land battle naval battle

The Battle of Pylos was a significant 425 BC Athenian naval and land victory over Sparta during the Peloponnesian War, notable for the unprecedented capture of hundreds of Spartan hoplites on Sphacteria.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Sphacteria	4
Pylos campaign narrative	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ land battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
associatedWith	island of Sphacteria ⓘ
belligerent	Delian League ⓘ surface form: Athenian Empire Spartan alliance ⓘ
casualties	hundreds of Spartan hoplites captured ⓘ
chronicledBy	Thucydides ⓘ
chronology	Archidamian War phase of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
combatant	Athens ⓘ Sparta ⓘ
commandedBy	Cleon ⓘ Demosthenes ⓘ
conflictIn	Peloponnesian War ⓘ
date	425 BC ⓘ
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Pylos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Sphacteria
geographicalFeature	Pylos ⓘ surface form: Bay of Pylos island of Sphacteria ⓘ surface form: Sphacteria island
involves	land operations ⓘ naval operations ⓘ siege of Spartan forces on Sphacteria ⓘ
location	Messenia ⓘ southwestern Peloponnese ⓘ
militaryForceUsed	hoplites ⓘ peltasts ⓘ triremes ⓘ
notableFor	capture of Spartan hoplites on Sphacteria ⓘ first large-scale surrender of Spartan hoplites ⓘ
opposedPolity	Athenian polis ⓘ Spartan polis ⓘ
opposingCommander	Spartan commanders ⓘ
partOf	Peloponnesian War ⓘ
place	Pylos ⓘ
precededBy	Athenian fortification of Pylos ⓘ
relatedEvent	Spartan peace overtures after the battle ⓘ
result	Athenian victory ⓘ decisive Athenian victory ⓘ
significance	provided Athens with important hostages ⓘ shifted psychological balance against Sparta ⓘ undermined Spartan reputation for never surrendering ⓘ
source	History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ surface form: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
strategy	Athenian use of light troops and naval mobility ⓘ
theater	Greek mainland ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	amphibious operation ⓘ
usedAs	Athenian base in the Peloponnese ⓘ
year	425 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Brasidas → conflict → Battle of Pylos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sphacteria

Battle of Pylos → followedBy → Battle of Pylos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sphacteria

Thucydides → hasPartInWork → Battle of Pylos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pylos campaign narrative

Archidamian War → majorBattle → Battle of Pylos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sphacteria

Demosthenes (general) → notableBattle → Battle of Pylos ⓘ

Peloponnesian War → notableBattle → Battle of Pylos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sphacteria