So that a Penteconter would be a long low galley of about ninety-seven feet in length.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason
Thus we may consider a converted Penteconter to have been capable of carrying a rowing crew of between 90 and 100 men.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason
The trireme, pulling only one of her banks, was dropping behind, her navarch leaving the tiring chase to the Penteconter, but the latter hung on doggedly.
"A Victor of Salamis"
William Stearns Davis