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Re: Relative plotting vs Geographical plotting
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2002 Jan 12, 8:12 PM
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2002 Jan 12, 8:12 PM
Oops. I got my languages confused. I meant 'oar'. ('Ruder' is German for 'oar' and clearly not an English word.) Herbert Prinz wrote: > Is it not quinqueremis (pl. quinqueremes), from quinque and remus, five ruders?