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Yet many continued to find the burdens excessively heavy. For instance, in 378 BC about 50 perfectly seaworthy triremes (half of Athens' fleet) lay idle (anepiklerotoi, 'unallotted') because of lack of trierarchoi (IG V 1604). The amount of money involved was, indeed, considerable. 577-584). Other gear included 170 working oars with 30 spares, two steering-oars, two ladders, three poles, as well as diverse bits of tackle and ropes of various thickness and length. 353-368), which thus puts the replacement of an entire ship at 7,169 or 7,299 drachmae.
1 6 8 - 1 8 5 - The Defence of Greece, 490-479 BC, Aris & Phillips, Warminster (1993) - The Peloponnesian War: A Military Study, Routledge, L o n d o n (2004) Lewis, D. , 'Notes o n the Decree of Themistocles', Classical Quarterly, 11 (1961), p p . 6 1 - 6 6 Morrison, J. , ' T h e Greek ships at Salamis a n d the diekplous', Journal of Hellenic Studies, 111 (1991), p p . 196-200 Morrison, J. , a n d J. F. Coates, The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship, CUP, Cambridge (1986, 2 n d ed.
Of significance is the fact that the events narrated occurred in the author's own lifetime. Moreover, he was present (accompanying his close friend Agesilaos, king of Sparta) during several of the campaigns he describes. His other extant works also include the brilliant account of his adventures with the Ten Thousand (Anabasis). The quarterdeck ladder and gangway on Olympias. The bo'sun stood in the gangway, midway along, and called out instructions to the oarsmen. He had the help of the bow officer, while a piper kept time on a shrill double pipe.
