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By this it is implied that the ship of Ceyx was a ‘biremis,’ or one with two ranks of rowers; one rank being placed above the other.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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Pliny the Elder attributes the invention of the ‘biremis’ to the Erythræans.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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ne Cypriae Tyriaeque merces60 addant auaro diuitias mari: tunc me biremis praesidio scaphae
An Invitation to Maecenas Horace 1912
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