An island just off of this city's land was where 292 Spartan soldiers shocked their home city by surrendering to the Athenians, forcing Sparta to negotiate the Peace of Nicias, after the Battle of Sphacteria.
Carl Blegen excavated a well-preserved Mycenaean palace at this city, which uniquely contained over a thousand Linear B tablets. On an island to the south of this city, Demosthenes armed 8,000 rowers with rocks and missiles to harass Epitadas's well-armored hoplites. A clay drinking cup with an inscription claiming that it belonged to a king of this city, found at Pithekoussai, is one of the earliest Greek inscriptions found in Italy. An island just off of this city's land was where 292 Spartan soldiers shocked their home city by surrendering to the Athenians, forcing Sparta to negotiate the Peace of Nicias, after the Battle of Sphacteria. The most detailed extant description of a Greek cow sacrifice occurs in a book of the Odyssey set in this proverbially sandy-shored city, which Telemachus visits immediately after departing Ithaca. It was mythically ruled by a man who returned safely home because he did not loot Troy. For 10 points, name this city that, in the Odyssey, was ruled by Nestor.
Carl Blegen excavated a well-preserved Mycenaean palace at this city, which uniquely contained over a thousand Linear B tablets.
Pylos [accept Navarino]