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Definition of Penteconters

Penteconter
Penteconter Pen"te*con`ter, n. [Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? fifty.] (Gr. Antiq.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [Written also pentaconter.]

Meaning of Penteconters from wikipedia

- pentekontor; Gr****: πεντηκόντερος, pentēkónteros, "fifty-oared"), plural penteconters, was an ancient Gr**** galley in use since the archaic period. In an alternative...
- she married Echekles. According to the Iliad, Eudoros commanded ten penteconters and five hundred Myrmidons. In Book XVI of the Iliad, when Patroclus...
- Gr**** triremes typically had crews of about 200 men, and the smaller penteconters were each crewed by 50 oarsmen, yet the total number of personnel involved...
- Polycrates recruited an army of 1,000 archers and ****embled a navy of 100 penteconters, which became the most powerful navy in the Gr**** world –– Herodotus...
- Types Balan**** Bangka Beden Coracle Dhow Dragon boat Dugout canoe Galley Penteconter Kunlun ship Liburna Longship Multihull Navis lusoria Obelisk ship Outriggers...
- Ancient Balan**** Boita Borobudur ship Dhow Fire ship Galley Penteconter Bireme Trireme Quadriremes Tessarakonteres Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe...
- Types Balan**** Bangka Beden Coracle Dhow Dragon boat Dugout canoe Galley Penteconter Kunlun ship Liburna Longship Multihull Navis lusoria Obelisk ship Outriggers...
- Phaeacians possessed remarkable ships. They were quite different from the penteconters, the ships used during the Trojan War, and they were steered by thought...
- Types Balan**** Bangka Beden Coracle Dhow Dragon boat Dugout canoe Galley Penteconter Kunlun ship Liburna Longship Multihull Navis lusoria Obelisk ship Outriggers...
- Types Balan**** Bangka Beden Coracle Dhow Dragon boat Dugout canoe Galley Penteconter Kunlun ship Liburna Longship Multihull Navis lusoria Obelisk ship Outriggers...