Epicleas (admiral) explained

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

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