[397] Athen. v. c. 37.
[398] Although Homer (Odys. xiii. v. 81-95) states that Ulysses was rowed from Corcyra (Corfu) to Ithaca, a distance of eighty nautical miles, without apparently any resting of the oarsmen, there is no proof that ancient galleys were propelled continuously by their oars, or for a longer period on a stretch than the one set of rowers could endure. To this day the Malay pirates sometimes row more than ten hours without change, and are fed at their oars. Nor is there anything to show how many spare men were carried for reliefs, in case of accident.
[399] Thucyd. i. c. xciv., etc., etc.
[400] Ptolemy’s ship had a beam of 57 feet.
[401] Thucyd. i. c. xiv.
[402] Thucyd. c. x.
[403] Hom. Il. xiv.
[404] Hom. Odys. xii.
[405] Howell’s Pamphlet, p. 7.