Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 254
s, the wooden {aKtvr) ^vXiva) and the hmigin^{(TKEvr] Kpcixacrrd). The TzridiXiov^^, rudder, fixed not directly in the stern, but on the side ofthe ship, and near the stern. In the later periods, two rudders were used, one beingplaced, it is supposed, near the prow (hence viieg dpL(piTxpnvoi);… … 202 GRECIAX ANTIQUITIES. a basket filled with stones ; afterwards made of iron with teeth, dSovre;, fastening it tothe earth; the largest of a ships anchors was called upa, and hence (iaWeiv ayKopavapav obtained its proverbial sense, to resort to the last refuge. The cables attached tothe anchors,…
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