Pylus
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Coryphasium · Pylos
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Promontory on the coast of Messenia fortified by the Athenians, becoming the central battleground of this window.
So the Athenians defended themselves on both sides, landward and seaward;
The Athenians, on perceiving this, advanced against them by each entrance;
for the Lacedaemonians, in their eagerness and dismay, were absolutely engaged in a sea-fight, so to speak, from the land;
Hellenica
A stronghold in Elean territory seized by exiles with Arcadian help and later recaptured by the Eleans.
Not long afterwards these exiles enlisted the aid of some of the Arcadians and seized Pylus.
After this the Eleans not only captured the Pylians, along with their stronghold, inasmuch as no one came to their aid, but also recovered Margana.