Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 96

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τὰ δὲ δὴ πλοῖά σφι, τοῖσι φορτηγέουσι, ἐστὶ ἐκ τῆς ἀκάνθης ποιεύμενα, τῆς ἡ μορφὴ μὲν ἐστὶ ὁμοιοτάτη τῷ Κυρηναίῳ λωτῷ, τὸ δὲ δάκρυον κόμμι ἐστί. ἐκ ταύτης ὦν τῆς ἀκάνθης κοψάμενοι ξύλα ὅσον τε διπήχεα πλινθηδὸν συντιθεῖσι ναυπηγεύμενοι τρόπον τοιόνδε: [2] περὶ γόμφους πυκνοὺς καὶ μακροὺς περιείρουσι τὰ διπήχεα ξύλα: ἐπεὰν δὲ τῷ τρόπῳ τούτῳ ναυπηγήσωνται, ζυγὰ ἐπιπολῆς τείνουσι αὐτῶν: νομεῦσι δὲ οὐδὲν χρέωνται: ἔσωθεν δὲ τὰς ἁρμονίας ἐν ὦν ἐπάκτωσαν τῇ βύβλῳ. [3] πηδάλιον δὲ ἓν ποιεῦνται, καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τῆς τρόπιος διαβύνεται. ἱστῷ δὲ ἀκανθίνῳ χρέωνται, ἱστίοισι δὲ βυβλίνοισι. ταῦτα τὰ πλοῖα ἀνὰ μὲν τὸν ποταμὸν οὐ δύναται πλέειν, ἢν μὴ λαμπρὸς ἄνεμος ἐπέχῃ, ἐκ γῆς δὲ παρέλκεται, κατὰ ῥόον δὲ κομίζεται ὧδε: [4] ἔστι ἐκ μυρίκης πεποιημένη θύρη, κατερραμμένη ῥιπὶ καλάμων, καὶ λίθος τετρημένος διτάλαντος μάλιστά κῃ σταθμόν: τούτων τὴν μὲν θύρην δεδεμένην κάλῳ ἔμπροσθε τοῦ πλοίου ἀπιεῖ ἐπιφέρεσθαι, τὸν δὲ λίθον ἄλλῳ κάλῳ ὄπισθε. [5] ἡ μὲν δὴ θύρη τοῦ ῥόου ἐμπίπτοντος χωρέει ταχέως καὶ ἕλκει τὴν βᾶριν （τοῦτο γὰρ δὴ οὔνομα ἐστὶ τοῖσι πλοίοισι τούτοισι）, ὁ δὲ λίθος ὄπισθε ἐπελκόμενος καὶ ἐὼν ἐν βυσσῷ κατιθύνει τὸν πλόον. ἔστι δέ σφι τὰ πλοῖα ταῦτα πλήθεϊ πολλά, καὶ ἄγει ἔνια πολλὰς χιλιάδας ταλάντων.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Commentary references to this page (4):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax, 579
- C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER CXVIII
- C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4, CHAPTER XLVIII
- W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), 9.240
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- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.2
- Harper's, Baris
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), CAL´AMUS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), RATIS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), NILUS
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (38):
- LSJ, ἁρμονία
- LSJ, ἄκανθ-α
- LSJ, ἀφίημι
- LSJ, ἀκάνθ-ινος
- LSJ, ἀνά
- LSJ, βύβλος
- LSJ, δάκρυον
- LSJ, διαβύω
- LSJ, δι^-τάλαντος
- LSJ, ἐφέλκ-ω
- LSJ, ἐμπακτόω
- LSJ, ἐπέχω
- LSJ, ἐπιφέρω
- LSJ, φορτηγ-έω
- LSJ, γόμφος
- LSJ, κάλως
- LSJ, κατά
- LSJ, καταρράπτω
- LSJ, κατ-ι_θύνω
- LSJ, λαμπρός
- LSJ, λωτός
- LSJ, μυ^ρίκ-η
- LSJ, ναυπηγ-έω
- LSJ, νομ-εύς
- LSJ, ὅσος
- LSJ, παρέλκω
- LSJ, περιείρω
- LSJ, πηδάλι-ον
- LSJ, πλινθ-ηδόν
- LSJ, ποιέω
- LSJ, θύρα
- LSJ, ῥῖπος
- LSJ, ῥόος
- LSJ, τείνω
- LSJ, τετραίνω
- LSJ, τρόπ-ις
- LSJ, χι_λι-άς
- LSJ, ζυ^γόν

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