A dictionary of Greek and Roman . 3. The Tpdcpri£ is the bulwark of the vessel, orrather the uppermost edge of it. (Hesych. ) Insmall boats the pegs {, scalmi) betweenwhich the oars move, and to which they are fast-ened by a thong (rpoircoTrip), were upon the rpdepr]^.(Bockh, Urhund. p. 103.) In all other vessels theoars passed through holes in the side of the vessel(bcpQaXfxoi, rprj/uLara, or rfVKT]), ( Acliarn. 97, &c.) 4. The middle part of the deck in most ships ofwar appears to have been raised above the bulwarkor at loast to a level with its
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . 3. The Tpdcpri£ is the bulwark of the vessel, orrather the uppermost edge of it. (Hesych. ) Insmall boats the pegs {, scalmi) betweenwhich the oars move, and to which they are fast-ened by a thong (rpoircoTrip), were upon the rpdepr]^.(Bockh, Urhund. p. 103.) In all other vessels theoars passed through holes in the side of the vessel(bcpQaXfxoi, rprj/uLara, or rfVKT]), ( Acliarn. 97, &c.) 4. The middle part of the deck in most ships ofwar appears to have been raised above the bulwarkor at loast to a level with its upper edge, and thusenabled the soldiers to occupy a position fromwhich they could see far around and hurl theirdarts against the enemy. Such an elevated deckappears in the annexed woodcut representing In this instance the flag is standingupon the hind-deck. (Mazois, Pomp. Part i. fig. 2.). 5. One of the most interesting, as well as im-portant parts in the arrangements of the Biremes,Triremes, &c, is the position of the ranks ofrowers, from which the ships themselves derivetheir names. Various opinions have been enter-tained by those who have written upon this sub-ject, as the information which ancient writers giveupon it is extremely scanty. Thus much, how-ever, is certain, that the different ranks of rowers,who sat along the sides of a vessel, were placedone above the other. This seems at first sight3 a 2 788 NAVIS. very improbable, as the common ships in latertimes must have had five ordines of rowers on eachside, and since even the lowest of them must havebeen somewhat raised above the surface of thewater, the highest ordo must have been at a con-siderable height above it, and consequently requiredvery long oars : the apparent improbability is stillmore increased, when we hear of vessels withthirty or forty ordines of rowers above one that such must h
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