Re: Re: What ship-style did Dormal build?

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 16:40:23 +0000

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 16:23:10 -0000, "hairyorlanthi" <mdawson_at_...> wrote:

>Chaosium-era Gloranthan supplements mention a ship type called a "penteconter," a term I have been completely unable to find a definition for in any real world source.
>

Did a quick search and found about 30 references. This is about the quickest explanation:

http://wwwjessen.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~schulz/triremes.html

While here's a little photo of a model:

http://www.drjclassics.com/drj/lectures/history/Persian%20Wars/penteconter.htm

Wulf