Ἀμφηρικόν
sculling
Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Oct 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
"[He] is sending a sculling skiff".1
And Thucydides [writes]: "for a long time they had been in the habit of preparing the opening of the gates [by taking out] a light sculling boat, like pirates, on a wagon."2
And Thucydides [writes]: "for a long time they had been in the habit of preparing the opening of the gates [by taking out] a light sculling boat, like pirates, on a wagon."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμφηρικόν· πέμπει δὲ σκαφίδιον ἀμφηρικόν. καὶ Θουκυδίδης· ἀκάτιον ἀμφηρικὸν ὡς λῃσταί, ἐκ πολλοῦ τεθεραπευκότες τὴν ἄνοιξιν τῶν πυλῶν ἐκόμιζον τὸ πλοῖον ἁμάξῃ.