ec2-18-232-179-37.compute-1.amazonaws.com | ToothyWiki | RecentChanges | Login | Webcomic A Roman or Greek rowing galley with 5 men to an oar. Compare with Trireme.
As seen in Cargoes, by John Masefield:
Quinquereme of Nineveh from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
Apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedar wood, and sweet white wine.
Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,
Dipping through the tropics by the palm-green shores,
With a cargo of diamonds,
Emeralds, amethysts,
Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.
Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack,
Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,