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The '''Pentekonter''' was a Greek oared warship, patterned on a [[Phoenicia]]n style of vessel of the same period. (c.500 B.C.) It had 25 oars a side, hence the name signifying 50. It is mentioned by the historians of the era, including [[Thucydides]] and [[Herodotus]]. It was replaced by the larger [[Trireme]] in the fifth century B.C.

 

The [[Pentekonter]] was a Greek oared warship, patterned on a [[Phoenicia]]n style of vessel of the same period. (c.500 B.C.) It had 25 oars a side, hence the name signifying 50. It is mentioned by the historians of the era, including [[Thucydides]] and [[Herodotus]]. It was replaced by the larger [[Trireme]] in the fifth century B.C.

(An earlier vessel, the "''Pentekor''" dates from archaic times. It also had 50 oars and was described by [[Homer]] as a "large unsinkable ship" implying that it may have had watertight bulkheads.)

(An earlier vessel, the "''Pentekor''" dates from archaic times. It also had 50 oars and was described by [[Homer]] as a "large unsinkable ship" implying that it may have had watertight bulkheads.)

References: As above - Thucydides, Herodotus and Homer.

References: As above - Thucydides, Herodotus and Homer.

[[Category: Ancient Greece]]

[[Category:Ancient Greece]]

[[Category: Warships]]

[[Category:Warships]]