crack ships

French translation: bateaux de première classe

20:18 Aug 12, 2004

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English term or phrase: crack ships

Paralos a servit drept vas “theoric” cãtre Delos ºi Olimpia, but usually Paralos and Salaminia seem to have been used as ***“crack” ships ***sent on special missions, such as the time the Salaminia was sent to Sicily to try to arrest Alcibiades (Thuc.6.53). Aristophanes seems to allude to this. Euelpides fears a similar arrest attempt. At 3.33, Thucydides mentions the Salaminia and Paralos as operating together, spotting the Spartan admiral Alcidas at Claros and scurrying off the Paches with the news.

Mihai Badea (X)
Luxembourg

French translation:bateaux de première classe

Explanation:
Nothing to do with drugs, just the best.
Note "sent on special missions"

Crack
· adj. very good or skilful: he is a crack shot.
OED

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bateaux de première classe

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bateaux de première classe

Explanation:
Nothing to do with drugs, just the best.
Note "sent on special missions"

Crack
· adj. very good or skilful: he is a crack shot.
OED

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