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A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

Note * — Chapter XIV · The Peiræus and the Shipping.

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The Greek ships seem to have been named either for mythological characters, or for desirable qualities and virtues.

[+] At her best a trireme seems to have been capable of making 8 to 9 knots per hour.

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