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sand soldiers ! But this, and such like fabrics, (says the author of 
the Archceologia, from which we have extracted these particulars,) 
served only for show and ostentation ; being by their great bulk ren- 
dered unwieldy and unfit for ordinary use. AthenEeus (he adds) 
has informed us, that these vessels were commonly known by the 
names of Cyclades and ^tna ; names of islands and mountains, to 
which they appeared almost equal in size — consisting, as some 
report, of materials sufficient for the construction of at least fifty 
triremes. 
Besides those already mentioned, there were other vessels fitted 
with half banks of oars, which seem to have been between a unireme 
and a birerae, and consisting of a bank and a half; also some 
between a bireme and a trireme, having two banks and an half of 
oars. These, although perhaps built in other respects after the 
model of the long ships, or men-of-war, are seldom comprehended 
under that name, and are sometimes mentioned in opposition to 
them. 
Various descrip- Several other kinds of ships are enumerated by different authors, 
ve° which varied from those already described ; being fitted for particu- 
lar uses, or seas, or employed upon urgent occasions in naval fights, 
but more commonly as (or tenders), and as victualling ships 
for supplying the principal fleet. 
Some were built for expedition, to carry expresses, or to observe 
the enemy’s motions, without incurring the danger of being taken 
by the heavier, and armed vessels ; these were distinguished from 
the former by the manner of their construction and equipment, being 
in part like men-of-war, and partly resembling ships of burthen, 
while in some things they differed from both, as the various exi- 
gencies for which they were fitted might seem to require. 
Mode of rigging. Every ship m later times had several masts ; but we are told by 
Aristotle, that at first there was only one mast, which was fixed in 
the middle of the ship. On landing, the mast was taken down, as 
appears everywhere in Homer, and placed on a thing called i,-oSox»i, 
which apcording to Suidas, was a case wherein the mast was de- 
