Note 517 — Chapter LII · SEVENTH YEAR OF THE WAR.—CAPTURE OF SPHAKTERIA.
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Thucyd. iv, 14. ἔτρωσαν μὲν πολλὰς, πέντε δ᾽ ἔλαβον. We cannot in English speak of wounding a trireme,—though the Greek word is both lively and accurate, to represent the blow inflicted by the impinging beak of an enemy’s ship.