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Τροπωτῆρα—from τροπός, leather, and so a thong which attached the oar to the σκαλμός, thole-pin. The ancients did not use rowlocks like ours. ἀφικομένους ... καθελκύσαντας—see c. 15, 2.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 2. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1891.
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