Cynossema
War: Peloponnesian Wars


Date: 411 b.c.
Location: Hellespont,
Outcome: Athenian naval victory

Overview: Fought 411 B. C., between 86 Peloponnesian ships under Mindarus, and 76 Athenian triremes under Thrasybulus and Thrasyllus. The Athenian centre was broken, but, in the moment of victory, Thrasybulus fell upon the Peloponnesians with the right wing, and totally routed them, while Thrasyllus on the left also drove off his adversaries, after hard fighting.