Epicleas (admiral)

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 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Martin Hammond, The Peloponnesian War (Google eBook) (Oxford University Press, 2009) VIII 108.

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[1] Diodorus Siculus, "Bibliotheca historica" XIII 41, 1–3 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] Martin Hammond, The Peloponnesian War (Google eBook) (Oxford University Press, 2009) VIII 108.

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