Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Thalamēgus

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Thalamēgus

（θαλάμηγος). A sort of barge used by the kings and princes of Egypt for their trips on the Nile. Cleopatra 's famous barge was a thalamegus (Iul. 52). The craft was fitted up with much luxury, and was named from the fact that it had cabins (thalami) for a numerous company. The pure Latin name is navis cubiculata (De Ben. vii. 70).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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