. Archaeologia Graeca; or, The antiquities of Greece. A New ed., to which is added an appendix containing a concise history of the Grecian states and a short account of the lives and writings of the most celebrated Greek authors. I# ^^n ^l 3 ?! S I s. S >: o 0. O 2J Vi H t- > h n. vS ^ c^ ^ i I ^ . Of the MUitnnj Affain of Greece. 125 which wcre of a form betwixt thc ships of war and burdcn, beiiigexccedfd by thc laltcr in , by thc fornicr in was hkcwise another diflference ainongst thcsc ships; fornieii of war, thougli not wholly dcstitute of sails, wcre chi
. Archaeologia Graeca; or, The antiquities of Greece. A New ed., to which is added an appendix containing a concise history of the Grecian states and a short account of the lives and writings of the most celebrated Greek authors. I# ^^n ^l 3 ?! S I s. S >: o 0. O 2J Vi H t- > h n. vS ^ c^ ^ i I ^ . Of the MUitnnj Affain of Greece. 125 which wcre of a form betwixt thc ships of war and burdcn, beiiigexccedfd by thc laltcr in , by thc fornicr in was hkcwise another diflference ainongst thcsc ships; fornieii of war, thougli not wholly dcstitute of sails, wcre chicllyrowcd with oars, that they might bc thc morc able to tack aboiitiipon any advantage, and approach the enemy oii his wcakestside ; whereas, vessels governcd by sails, being left to the mercyof the winds, could not be managed by so steady a conduct;hence thc ships of war wcre usually styled iTriKUTroi, and KcjTryi^y),Ships of burden were comnionly governed with sails, and those oftransports ofteii towed wilh cords : not but that in both these alltlie three ways of govermnent, viz. by sail, oar, and cords, wereupon occasion made usc of. Ships of war are said to have been first rigged out by Parlialus,or Samyres; as others, by Semiramis ; but according to some ^, byiEga^on. They
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