My father never wished to be a leader, but he supplied all choruses, and was Trierarch seven times, and made many large contributions.
For I have been trierarch five times, and four times I have been in naval engagements, and have paid many extra taxes in war, and have furnished the other contributions no less than other citizens.
So did not think thetrierarch and the centurion on board the trireme.
The trierarch took the eagle and went and stood by the body of Lentulus.
A Saxon pirate, O Lentulus," said the trierarch to the man in armor at his side.
None saw the stone, so swiftly did it pass, but the trierarch said to the centurion: "O Lentulus, thou art said to be as good a spearman as Pontius of Asia.
This trierarch complains of Alkibiadês as having been a most uncomfortable and troublesome companion (sect.
The trierarch notices the fact, that Alkibiadês preferred his trireme, simply as a proof that it was the best equipped, or among the best equipped, of the whole fleet.
Demosthenes was, in fact, co-trierarch with Philinus (Speech against Meidias, Sec.
A dilatory or recalcitrant trierarch could be arrested by order of the ten commissioners ([Greek: apostuleis]) who constituted a sort of Admiralty Board.
A trierarch who thought the burden too heavy for him could appeal against it by laying a branch on the altar in the Pnyx, or by taking sanctuary in the Temple of Artemis at Munychia.
Sometimes, as here, the state provided ships, and the trierarch only the equipment; at others the trierarch was obliged to build the vessels.
Each trierarch spent more than had ever been known before in pay, outfit, provision, and even external decoration of his vessel.
It is certain that a public-spirited and lavish trierarch could almost ruin himself (unless very wealthy) during the year he was responsible for the vessel.
He has ill wishers who will watch carefully to see if the vessel fails to make a creditable record for herself during the year, and whether she is returned to the ship house or to the next trierarch in a state of good repair.
No wonder the crew demanded that the trierarch and governor "make shore for the night," or that they weary of the incessant grating of the heavy oars upon the thole-pins.
Nominally his main duty is to act as pilot, but actually he is in charge of the whole ship; and in battle the trierarch (if aboard) will be very glad to obey all his "suggestions.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trierarch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
