Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 66
f Sidon. About theyear 700 B.C. this type was adopted by the Greeks, andthen began to supersede all other existing types of war-vessels. Themistocles in 483 B.C. inaugurated the ex-cellent practice of maintaining a large permanentnavy. As a commencement he built a hundred triremes,and these were… … -> o MEDITERRANEAN PROGRESS this fact from the start. The word just means triple-arranged, neither more nor less. It is when we cometo the question as to the details of this triple arrange-ment that we find a divergence of theory. It will,therefore, be best if we state first the prevailing…
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