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Demosthenes (general)
Demosthenes was an Athenian general of the Peloponnesian War. In 426 BCE he defeated the Ambraciots at Olpae and Idomene in north-western Greece, and in 425 BCE he fortified Pylos, leading to the capture of Spartan troops on Sphacteria. Sent to reinforce the Sicilian Expedition, he was captured with Nicias and executed at Syracuse in 413 BCE.
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