Full video available at: http://www.vimeo.com/10208005
In this brown bag lecture, Nautical Archaeology Program student Neil Puckett discusses iconographic and literary depictions of penteconters, and his interpretation and reconstruction of a penteconter based on available data.
Do we have any eveidence with regards to how many men on the ship were not rowers? In Homer, the Phaeician's take 52 rower's, yet their ships require no helmsman, being steered by the Gods.
Was just wondering because this could shed some light on the authenticity of the Cicones episode in the Odyssey. Thankyou.
Hougoumont 1 year ago