"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
"'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
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"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
A type of Greek galley with 50 oars.
"'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