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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Sphacteria	7
Battle of Pylos canonical	6
Pylos campaign narrative	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T607016 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Battle of Pylos
Context triple: [Peloponnesian War, notableBattle, Battle of Pylos]

A. Battle of Mycale
The Battle of Mycale was a decisive 479 BC engagement during the Greco-Persian Wars in which a coalition of Greek city-states defeated the Persian fleet and army on the coast of Asia Minor, helping end Persian naval dominance in the region.
B. Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis was a decisive naval engagement in 480 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars, where the outnumbered Greek fleet defeated the Persian navy and halted Persia’s advance into mainland Greece.
C. Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Marathon was a pivotal 490 BCE clash in the Greco-Persian Wars where outnumbered Greek forces halted a major Persian invasion, becoming a symbol of Athenian courage and military skill.
D. Battle of Plataea
The Battle of Plataea was a decisive land engagement in 479 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars, where a coalition of Greek city-states defeated the Persian forces, effectively ending the Persian invasion of mainland Greece.
E. Battle of Delium
The Battle of Delium was a significant engagement of the Peloponnesian War in 424 BC, where Boeotian forces decisively defeated the Athenians near the sanctuary of Apollo at Delium.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Pylos
Target entity description: 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.

A. Battle of Mycale
The Battle of Mycale was a decisive 479 BC engagement during the Greco-Persian Wars in which a coalition of Greek city-states defeated the Persian fleet and army on the coast of Asia Minor, helping end Persian naval dominance in the region.
B. Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis was a decisive naval engagement in 480 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars, where the outnumbered Greek fleet defeated the Persian navy and halted Persia’s advance into mainland Greece.
C. Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Marathon was a pivotal 490 BCE clash in the Greco-Persian Wars where outnumbered Greek forces halted a major Persian invasion, becoming a symbol of Athenian courage and military skill.
D. Battle of Plataea
The Battle of Plataea was a decisive land engagement in 479 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars, where a coalition of Greek city-states defeated the Persian forces, effectively ending the Persian invasion of mainland Greece.
E. Battle of Delium
The Battle of Delium was a significant engagement of the Peloponnesian War in 424 BC, where Boeotian forces decisively defeated the Athenians near the sanctuary of Apollo at Delium.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ