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River in Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aegospotami (Ancient Greek: Αἰγὸς Ποταμοί, Aigos Potamoi) or Aegospotamos[1] (i.e. Goat Streams) is the ancient Greek name for a small river issuing into the Hellespont (Modern Turkish Çanakkale Boğazı), northeast of Sestos.[2]
Aegospotami is located on the Dardanelles, south of the modern Turkish town of Sütlüce, Gelibolu.[3][4]
At its mouth was the scene of the decisive battle in 405 BC in which Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet, ending the Peloponnesian War.[5][6] The ancient Greek township of the same name, whose existence is attested by coins of the 5th and 4th centuries,[7] and the river itself were located in ancient Thrace in the Chersonese.[1]
According to ancient sources including Pliny the Elder and Aristotle, in 467 BC a large meteorite landed near Aegospotami. It was described as brown in colour and the size of a wagon load. A comet, tentatively identified as Halley's Comet, was reported at the time the meteorite landed. This is possibly the first European record of Halley's comet.[8][9]
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