Sphagia is the modern name of the island known in ancient times as Sphacteria. It is located in the Peloponnese, Greece, west of Pylos. The island of Sphacteria is the site of the Battle of Sphacteria (425 B.C.) from the time of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.). The Spartans landed a force on the island as part of their effort to dislodge the Athenians from their fortification on nearby Pylos, but ended up being trapped there by the Athenian navy. The Athenian author Thucydides describes how… (More on Sphagia)