History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 335
with the class or grade of thegalley. In some triremes there may have been onlyfifty rowers, in others five hundred. Our theorydoes not require the number of men to harmonizewith the number assigned by Polybius, Athenceus,and other authors, to differently-rated galleys. Thus,in the trireme, with… … 286 MERCHANT SHIPPING. Suggested five to each oar of the second, and four men to eachplacing the oar of the third bank, would give the requisitenumber of one hundred and fifty rowers, who wouldbe far more effective than if placed in the mannerhe describes. So in the case of the quinquereme,with her…
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