wrote:
>
> > Being a fisherman, familiar with boats, does not qualify a person
to be
> > an officer of a warship.
>
> I've been rereading a bit about how the Athenian triremes were
> officered and manned. Rowers and helmsmen were the skilled
> individuals - the actual trireme commander was usually the wealthy man
> who paid for the ship.
>
Large numbers of the 'Athenian' rowers and officers were trained seamen
from Rhodes who joined up for the money. This was especially true after
the 'restoration' of Athens in the late 4th Century BC after the
Athenian fleets were rebuilt.
Jeff
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