A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ustrerose immediately behind the gubernator, and servedin some degree to protect him from wind and there appears, beside the aplustre, apole, to which a fillet or pennon (raivia) was at-tached, which served both to distinguish and adornthe vessel, and also to show the direction of thewind. In the column of Trajan, a lantern is sus-pended from the aplustre so as to hang over thedeck before the helmsman. The aplustre com-monly consisted of thin planks, and presented abroad surface to the sky. In consequence of itsconspicuous place an
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ustrerose immediately behind the gubernator, and servedin some degree to protect him from wind and there appears, beside the aplustre, apole, to which a fillet or pennon (raivia) was at-tached, which served both to distinguish and adornthe vessel, and also to show the direction of thewind. In the column of Trajan, a lantern is sus-pended from the aplustre so as to hang over thedeck before the helmsman. The aplustre com-monly consisted of thin planks, and presented abroad surface to the sky. In consequence of itsconspicuous place and beautiful form, the aplustrewas often taken as the emblem of maritime affairs :it was carried off in triumph by the victor in anaval engagement (Juven. x. 135), and Neptune is sometimes represented on medals holding theaplustre in his right hand, as in the annexed wood-cut ; and in the celebrated Apotheosis of Homer,now in the British Museum, the female personatingthe Odyssey exhibits the same emblem in refer-ence to the voyages of 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.)
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