Wordie: Penteconter: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 5 months ago

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:34:33 +0000

Nice! Thanks, rolig!

Comment by rolig, 5 months ago

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:40:45 +0000

"A ship modelled on the legendary Argo, which carried Jason and the 50 Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, has set sail from the central Greek city of Volos on a two-month journey to Venice.

"It is a replica of a penteconter (a galley with one tier of 50 oars, 25 on either side) with a ram that was used to attack and sink enemy vessels."

– Associated Press, Sydney Morning Herald (16 June 2008), www.smh.com.au/news/world/legendary-boat-goes-for-gold-again/2008/06/15/1213468240671.html

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:43:36 +0000

A type of Greek galley with 50 oars.

Comment by chained_bear, 9 months ago

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:35:29 +0000

"'So that is a galley,' said Martin, with great satisfaction... 'And if I do not mistake, it has five and twenty oars of a side. That makes it the exact equivalent of the classical penteconter: Thucydides must have seen just such a boat. What joy!'"
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 196