Letter 41: To a Friend.
To a Friend.
I have hired a ship for you with a crew of capable sailors — men who trust skill more than luck in navigation. These Carpathian vessels [from the island of Carpathos] have a reputation for almost being intelligent, like the legendary ships of the Phaeacians [in Homer's Odyssey, which could navigate themselves] — before the gods' anger fell on that island.
Human translation — Livius.org
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