Epicleas (admiral)
Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesian War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.