The '''Battle of Olpae''' (426 B.C.) was part of the [[Second Peloponnesian War]] between the [[Greek]] [[city-states]] of [[Athens]] and [[Sparta]]. The Athenian general [[Demosthenes]] was able to achieve a rare ground victory over the numerically superior Spartan forces by enticing them into an ambush.
==Sources==
Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979