A dictionary of Greek and Roman . vessel. (Thucyd. i. 14; Herod, vii. 144.) Shipswith only a partial deck or with no deck at all,were called a<ppaKToi vrjes, and in Latin navesapertae. A fine representation of such a one isfigured above from a coin of Corcyra. The shipsdescribed in Homer had no decks, and were all&< (Thucyd. i. 10), and the only protectionfor the men consisted of the iKpia or bulwark.(Horn. Od. xii. 229.) Even at the time of thePersian war, the Athenian ships were without acomplete deck. (Thucyd. i. 14.) Ships which hada complete deck were called Ka
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . vessel. (Thucyd. i. 14; Herod, vii. 144.) Shipswith only a partial deck or with no deck at all,were called a<ppaKToi vrjes, and in Latin navesapertae. A fine representation of such a one isfigured above from a coin of Corcyra. The shipsdescribed in Homer had no decks, and were all&< (Thucyd. i. 10), and the only protectionfor the men consisted of the iKpia or bulwark.(Horn. Od. xii. 229.) Even at the time of thePersian war, the Athenian ships were without acomplete deck. (Thucyd. i. 14.) Ships which hada complete deck were called KaraypaKToi, andthe deck itself tear a<rr pea fxa. Their invention isascribed by Pliny to the Thasians. At the timewhen Themistocles induced the Athenians to build.
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